László Moholy-Nagy: Beyond the Bauhaus

Compositions by Moholy-Nagy reproduced on covers of the periodical Der Sturm (L to R): vol. 12, no. 1 (January 1922); vol. 14, no. 1 (January 1923);
vol. 14, no. 10 (October 1923); vol. 15, no. 4 (December 1924)
Each: lithograph, 12 x 9” (30.5 x 22.7 cm)

Previously, we have featured Moholy’s work during his five critical years at the Bauhaus (1923–1928) in our publication Bauhaus in the Merrill C. Berman Collection and in our newsletter Bauhaus Portfolio for Fritz Hesse, Mayor of Dessau, 1925. This week we focus on Moholy’s activity before and after this period, in Berlin (1920–1923; 1928–1935), London (1935–1937), and Chicago (1937–1946).

Covers (designed by Cesar Domela) of the periodical i10: Internationale Revue (Amsterdam, 1927–1929), for which Moholy served as “Redacteur voor Film en Foto.” These issues of 1927 contain articles by Moholy (L to R): no. 1/1
(Geest en Techniek); no. 1/3 (Foto); no. 11 (Kinoplakat); no. 12 (Fotoplastik).
Each: letterpress, 11 3/4 x 8 1/4” (29.8 x 21 cm)

Book covers:
L: Moholy’s photogram reproduced on the cover (designed by Richard Herre) of Guido Bagier, Der Kommende Film (Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1928). Lithograph, 10 x 7 1/4” (25.7 x 18.4 cm)
R: Erwin Piscator, El Teatro Politico (Madrid: Editorial Cenit, s.a, 1930). Letterpress, 8 3/4 x 6 1/8” (22 x 15.5 cm)

Book cover (front and back): Will Grohmann, Die Sammlung Ida Bienert (Potsdam: Müller & I. Kiepenheuer, 1933). Lithograph, 10 x 7 1/2” (26.6 x 19 cm)

Poster: Geld in Massen auch für Sie durch die Klassenlotterie!
(Much Money for You via the Lottery), 1932.
Lithograph, 35 1/4 x 26 3/16” (89.5 x 66.5 cm)

L: Cover of the periodical Die neue Linie, Heft 5 (January 1933).
Lithograph, 14 3/8 x 10 1/2” (36.5 x 26.6 cm)
R: Advertisement (with Hajo Rose) for Firesafe Durax Glass, manufactured
by Jenaer Glass 1934. Lithograph, 8 1/4 x 5 3/4” (20.9 x 14.6 cm)

Cover (by Jan Tschichold) and spread from Franz Roh, series editor, L. Moholy-Nagy: 60 Photos. Fototek, no. 1 (Berlin: Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1930).
Lithograph, 9 7/8 x 6 7/8” (25.1 x 17.5 cm)

Cover and spread from the periodical Telehor: The International Review New Vision, year 1, no. 1-2 (Brno, February 29, 1936).
Lithograph, 11 1/2 x 8” 11 1/2 x 8” (29.2 x 20.3 cm)

Cover and spread from the exhibition catalogue Siegfried Giedion, L. Moholy-Nagy, London Gallery (December 31, 1936–January 27, 1937) (London: The London Gallery, 1936). Letterpress, 8 1/16 x 5 1/2” (20.4 x 13.9 cm)

Poster: Quickly Away, Thanks To Pneumatic Doors, London Transport, 1937
Lithograph, 39 7/16 x 24 9/16” (100.1 x 62.3 cm)

New Year’s card: Good Health and Happiness Ahead [for] 1937,
László and Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, 7 Farm Walk, London N.W. 11, 1936
Offset lithograph, 5 x 8” (12.7 x 20.3 cm)

Brochure (front and back): New Bauhaus American School of Design, Chicago (Director: L. Moholy-Nagy): Night Class and Spring Semester 1938, 1937
Letterpress, 8.5 x 16 1/2” (21.5 x 42 cm)

August 27, 2024