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László Moholy-Nagy
Vertical Black, Red, Blue1945

Not on view
Sculpture of a large wave-shaped transparent panel on a black organic base, with white fiber webbing and two starburst compositions in orange-red and gray thread with colored central nodes
Artist or Maker
László Moholy-Nagy
Hungary, also active Germany and United States, 1895-1946,
Title
Vertical Black, Red, Blue
Date Made
1945
Medium
Oil and incised lines on molded Plexiglas, on original base
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
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
Accession Number
M.2012.135a-b
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1895-1946), Chicago; inherited in 1946 by his wife, Sibyl Moholy-Nagy (1903-1971); [Sale, Memorial Exhibition Sale, 1950]; to Private Collector, Dubuque, IA; [sold in 2010 at Jackson’s Auction, Cedar Falls, IA, October 27, 2010, lot #1040]; [to Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL]; sold in 2013 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Tsai, Joyce. László Moholy-Nagy: Painting After Photography. Oakland: University of California Press; Washington, D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 2018.