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Photography and Media

1922

László Moholy-Nagy
American, born Hungary, 1895–1946

László Moholy-Nagy was one of the foremost proponents of the photogram in the modern era. He made his very first photograms, including this one, on postcard stock. The green and pink iridescent sheen of the glossy surface and the warm image tone are characteristic of collodion printing-out paper. Printing-out paper darkens when exposed to light and does so relatively slowly, unlike developing-out paper, which yields a visible image immediately when immersed in developer. Thus Moholy-Nagy was able to check on his elaborate composition as he was creating it.

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Artist: László Moholy-Nagy
Title: Untitled
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1922
Medium: Collodion silver chloride photogram
Dimensions: Image/paper: 13.9 × 8.9 cm (5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Julien Levy Collection, Special Photography Acquisition Fund
Reference Number: 1979.81

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