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Collections

László Moholy-Nagy
Diary of a Fly1946

Not on view
Abstract drawing in black dashes, blue and orange dots, and two yellow triangles on cream paper, with handwritten inscriptions in lower corners

László Moholy-Nagy, Diary of a Fly, 1946, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
László Moholy-Nagy
Hungary, also active Germany and United States, 1895-1946,
Title
Diary of a Fly
Date Made
1946
Medium
Ink and crayon on paper
Dimensions
10 × 12 in. (25.4 × 30.5 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.87
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie. Envisioning Modernism: The Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2012.
  • Witkovsky, Matthew S., Carol S. Eliel, and Karole P.B. Vail, eds. Moholy-Nagy: Future Present. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2016.
Copyright
© Hattula Moholy-Nagy/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn