Terms and conditions of use
Blick vom Radioturm, Berlin
(1928); printed 1973
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
24.9 × 19.0 cm (image) 26.2 × 20.3 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1975
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Highly experimental and often characterised by unexpected framings and dramatic camera angles, László Moholy-Nagy used photography as a means of representing the dynamism and complexity of urban culture in the 1920s. With his wife, the artist Lucia Moholy, Moholy-Nagy moved from Budapest to Berlin in 1920. In 1923, he became a teacher at the Bauhaus school – initially co-teaching the foundation course and eventually as head of the metal workshop. Although a polymath, photography was a central focus in Moholy-Nagy’s practice, having been introduced to the medium by his wife. He believed it was pivotal in creating a ‘new vision’ of the world, a concept in line with modernist understandings of inter-war society.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Berlin, Germany
Inscription
embossed (in image) l.r.: FOTO REPRO 1973
Accession Number
PH81-1975
Department
International Photography
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