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Fotoplastiken

Photograph
1926 (made)
Artist/Maker
Moholy-Nagy, László (artist)
Moholy-Nagy, László (photographer)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Photograph


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Myths & Legends
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • Fotoplastiken (series title)
  • Leda und der Schwan (assigned by artist)
  • Leda and the Swan (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin Silver print
Photographic Paper
Photographic Gelatin
Photography
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
20thC; Moholy-Nagy László, Leda and the Swan, 1926
Physical description
Photograph
Dimensions
    Credit line
    Acquired from Nigel Greenwood Inc, London in 1974
    Production
    This is a later print of the 1926 original. This photograph is number seven in the Fotoplastiken series.
    Subjects depicted
    Swans
    Leda
    Bibliographic references
    • Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. The Art of Light mADRID, lA fABRICA eDITORIAL, 2010. ISBN: 9788492841349.
    • Bauhaus. Art as life London, Barbican: 2012 ISBN: 978-3-86335-163-2
    • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974
    Collection
    Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
    Accession number
    CIRC.202-1974

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    Record createdOctober 30, 2008
    Record URL
    https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O171092/fotoplastiken-photograph-moholy-nagy-lászló/
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