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

TITLE ON OBJECT: Male Figure
PUBLISHED TITLE: Seated man in a baggy suit

1918
crayon drawing
64.8 x 49.0 cm.
Museum Collection
GEH NEG: 8084
81:2166:0001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Chapp, Belinda S. & Smith, Kent J. --László Moholy-Nagy: From Budapest to Berlin 1914-1923.-- Newark, DE: University Gallery University of Delaware, 1995. fig. 52.//
This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(signed) "Moholy=Nagy" verso-(in pencil) "Moholy-Nagy" "Male Figure 1 (circled) 1918" "$ 175"

NOTES: Catalogued 5/94, DZ. According to research done by Oliver Botar (Toronto, Canada), "this is a portrait of the art collector and internationally respected specialist in public health, population and family planning policy, Dr. Hans Harmsen. Harmsen was the German who cared for Moholy-Nagy after his arrival in Berlin in mid March 1920, when he was seriously ill with the flu." [Botar, May 19, 1995 letter to Museum] Alternate title from above. Dated "1920 (?)" in --László Moholy-Nagy: From Budapest to Berlin 1914-1923--.

SUBJECT: portrait, male