Fotogramm, Laszlo and Lucia

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Artist/Maker	Moholy-Nagy (photographer) Lucia Moholy (photographer)
Place of origin	Germany (made)

Photograph

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Category	Photographs
Object type	Photograph
Materials and techniques	Gelatin Silver print Photographic Paper Photographic Gelatin Photography Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description	20thC; Moholy-Nagy Lazslo, Fotogramm,László Moholy-Nagy and Lucia Moholy, c.1922-26
Physical description	Photograph
Dimensions	Image height: 91mm Image width: 240mm Mount height: 410mm Mount width: 530mm Frame height: 415mm Frame width: 535mm Frame depth: 25mm 350 x 272 mm from file.
Style	20th
Marks and inscriptions	Stamped Nr 75975
Gallery label	Cameraless Photography László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) Untitled 1926, printed 1973 Gelatin silver print 35 x 26.2 cm Museum no. Circ.224-1974 This two-faced figure is a double portrait showing the artist on the right and the photographer Lucia, his first wife, on the left. Taking it in turns to lay their heads on the photographic paper they created this image among several others that are thought to be the earliest surviving self-portrait photograms.
Credit line	Acquired from Nigel Greenwood Inc, London in 1974
Object history	This is the first print of the third portfolio: Fotogramme 1922-1926. The edition number is the same – 30/50 as the previous two sets, and the photographs are printed and published in the same way. Moholy-Nagy invented the word Photogram to describe prints made by placing objects or the shadows of objects directly on to photographic paper and then printing the results: thus these photograms are reproductions of a single original in each case, as with the collages in the first portfolio.
Bibliographic references	Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974 Alison, Jane (Ed.) Malissard, Coralie (Ed.) Modern couples : art, intimacy and the avant-garde London : Barbican ; Prestel, 2018. p. 263 Jane Alison and Coralie Malissard (eds), Modern couple : art, intimacy and the avant-garde, London : Barbican ; Prestel Publishing Ltd, 2018.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.224-1974

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1102001/fotogramm-laszlo-and-lucia-photograph-moholy-nagy/

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