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

TITLE ON OBJECT: Sailing

1926
gelatin silver print
47.2 x 27.2 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Sybil Moholy-Nagy
GEH NEG: 8094
81:2163:0046

OLD GEH NUMBER: 4685
NON-GEH NUMBER: 688

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Haus, Andreas. --Moholy-Nagy: Photographs and Photograms.-- New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. pl. 71.//
Dugan, Ellen G., ed. --This Sporting Life, 1878-1991.-- Atlanta, GA: High Museum of Art, 1992. pg. 86.//
This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 516.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Photography 64/ An Invitational Exhibition", US, NY, Rochester, GEH -, September 1 -, 1964.//
""Permanent" Survey of the History of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Second Floor Galleries, 1974-1978, 1974.//
"Film und Foto", Germany, Stuttgart, Wuertt Kunstverein, March - October, 1979.//
"Laszlo Moholy Nagy: The Evolution of a Photographic Vision", US, MA, Wellesley, Wellesley College Art Museum, April 6 - May, 1985.//
"This Sporting Life: 1878-1991", US, GA, Atlanta, High Museum of Art, May 16 - September 13, 1992.//

INSCRIPTION: mount verso-(in wax pencil) "688" (in pencil) "L. Moholy-Nagy Sailling 1926" "Segelei 152"

NOTES: Catalogued 3/91, MMC. Dated "1927 (?)" in --Moholy-Nagy: Photographs and Photograms--.

SUBJECTS:
sport, sailing
portrait, male