Vertical Black, Red, Blue

© Hattula Moholy-Nagy/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
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Vertical Black, Red, Blue

1945
Sculpture
Oil and incised lines on molded Plexiglas, on original base
a) Sculpture: 17 x 11 1/2 x 4 in. (43.18 x 29.21 x 10.16 cm); b) Base: 1 x 14 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (2.54 x 36.2 x 12.07 cm); a-b) Overall: 18 x 14 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (45.72 x 36.2 x 15.88 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Alice and Nahum Lainer, the Ducommun and Gross Acquisition Fund, the Fannie and Alan Leslie Bequest, and the Modern and Contemporary Art Council (M.2012.135a-b)
Modern Art
Currently on public view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3

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Bibliography

  • Tsai, Joyce. László Moholy-Nagy: Painting After Photography. Oakland: University of California Press; Washington, D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 2018.
  • Barron, Stephanie, and Lisa Mark, eds. Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
  • Tsai, Joyce. László Moholy-Nagy: Painting After Photography. Oakland: University of California Press; Washington, D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 2018.
  • Barron, Stephanie, and Lisa Mark, eds. Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
  • Witkovsky, Matthew S., Carol S. Eliel, and Karole P.B. Vail, eds. Moholy-Nagy: Future Present. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2016.
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