Moholy-Nagy, László
American (b. Hungary, 1895-1946)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Marseilles, Port View [Old Harbour]
PUBLISHED TITLE: Marseille, 1929

1929
gelatin silver print
48.7 x 37.9 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Sybil Moholy-Nagy
GEH NEG: 8076
81:2163:0043

OLD GEH NUMBER: 4685
NON-GEH NUMBERS: E 1291 / 3

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Haus, Andreas. --Moholy-Nagy: Photographs and Photograms.-- New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. pl. 45.//
Ichikawa, Masanori & et. al, eds. --The Past and the Present of Photography.-- Tokyo: The National Museum of Mordern Art, 1990. pg. 68.//
This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"The Art of Photography: 1839-1989", US, TX, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 11 - April 30, 1989. (Traveled).//
"The Past and Present of Photography - When Photographs Enter the Museum", Japan, Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, September 14- November 11, 1990. (Traveled).//
"Impressions of the Riviera", US, ME, Portland, Portland Museum of Art, June 25 - October 18, 1998.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(in ink) "Photo L. Moholy=Nagy" "Marseille Port View (Old Harbour) 1929" (in pencil) "An exciting rythm of repetition obtained by a fleet of boats in the old harbor ('vieux port') of Marseille." "Taken from the highest point of the 'Pont Transbordeur' (lined out)" "11" "E 1291" (various graphic arts notations)

NOTES: Catalogued 10/88, DZ, updated 4/90. Alternate title from --Moholy-Nagy: Photographs and Photograms--.

SUBJECTS:
transportation, boats
landscape, harbor
landscape, aerial perspective