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

TITLE ON OBJECT: Massenpsychose
PUBLISHED TITLE: Mass psychosis

1927
gelatin silver print collage
64.2 x 49.2 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Sybil Moholy-Nagy
GEH NEG: 8073
81:2163:0049

OLD GEH NUMBER: 4685
NON-GEH NUMBER: 28

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
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. 518.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
""Permanent" Survey of the History of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Second Floor Galleries, 1974-1978, 1974.//
"Laszlo Moholy Nagy: The Evolution of a Photographic Vision", US, MA, Wellesley, Wellesley College Art Museum, April 6 - May, 1985.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 25, 1991 - March 22, 1992.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection (reinstallation)", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 18, 1993 - June 5, 1994.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the George Eastman House Collection", Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, November 18, 1995 - January ??, 1996.//
"Through The Lens", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, June 22, 1996 -.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(in pencil) "Massenpsychose" (signed) "Moholy Nagy 27" mount verso-(in pencil) "Massenpsychose" "Der Mensch" "wird erschossen" "angstohne" (circled) "28"

NOTES: Catalogued 11/90, MMC.

SUBJECTS:
portrait, male
people, with gun
portrait, african