[Lucia Moholy; Negative Print]

László Moholy-Nagy American, born Hungary

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In keeping with the climate of visual and technical experimentation that characterized the Bauhaus, the German design school where he taught, Moholy-Nagy printed this unusual close-up portrait of his wife, Lucia (1899-1989), as a negative. Like his cameraless photographs, "photograms," which are abstract and spatially confusing, this striking portrait challenges traditional modes of visual representation and comprehension.

[Lucia Moholy; Negative Print], László Moholy-Nagy (American (born Hungary), Borsod 1895–1946 Chicago, Illinois), Gelatin silver print

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