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

TITLE ON OBJECT: Leda und der Schwan
PUBLISHED TITLE: Leda and the swan

1925
gelatin silver photomontage with ink and pencil drawing
65.0 x 47.0 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Sybil Moholy-Nagy
GEH NEG: 8074
81:2163:0050

OLD GEH NUMBER: 4685

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Photo Eye of the 20's", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, October 15, 1970 - January 18, 1971.//
"Composite Imagery 1850-1935 - The Early History of Photomontage", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, October 27, 1978 - February 18, 1979.//

INSCRIPTION: mount recto-(in pencil) "Leda und der Schwan (1925)" (signed) "Moholy=Nagy" mount verso-(stamped) "moholy-nagy" "moholy-nagy berlin-chbg. 9 fredericiastr. 27 atelier" (in red ink) "leda und der Schwan. (der ungekehrte mythos) fotoplastik 1925" "kinoplakat" "hier wird keine Schwanerei geduldet" (various other pencil notations in German)

NOTES: Catalogued 3/95, DZ.

SUBJECTS:
allegory, myth
animal, swan