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

TITLE ON OBJECT: Self-Portrait, 1925
PUBLISHED TITLE: Self-portrait, lighting a cigarette, 1924

1925
gelatin silver print
37.0 x 27.4 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Sybil Moholy-Nagy
GEH NEG: 8099
81:2163:0070

OLD GEH NUMBER: 4685
NON-GEH NUMBERS: 1550 / 27

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.//
"Photogramm", Switzerland, Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, March 31 - May 27, 1990.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(in pencil) "Self-Portrait 1925" "(Transfered from mount board March 1970-RAS.)" "27 (in box)" (in red pencil) "1550" (rubberstamp) "Foto Moholy-Nagy"

NOTES: Catalogued 10/89, DZ. Lucia Moholy believes this to be of the surrealist artist, Victor Brauner. [Hattula Moholy-Nagy, November 1986]

SUBJECT: study, abstract