Light Play: Black/White/Grey.
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Title |
Light Play: Black/White/Grey. |
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Creator |
Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo (American photographer, filmmaker, and painter, 1894-1946) |
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Date |
1922 - 1930? |
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Cultural Context |
American
North American |
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Style/Period |
Modern (styles and periods)
Bauhaus
Abstract (fine arts style)
Kinetic (style) |
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Subject |
Mobiles
Abstract sculpture
Abstract works
Light
Film stills |
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Description |
Gelatin silver print. "[...] in 1930 he made his best-known film, the abstract 'Light play, black and white and grey,' based on his own machine-powered mobile, the Light Prop." (excerpt, p.[183]) |
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Measurements |
37.4 x 27.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in) |
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Technique |
Photography
Photographic processes
Photographic techniques
Gelatin silver process |
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Work Type |
Gelatin silver prints
Photographs
Film stills
Sculpture
Abstract sculpture
Abstract works
Mobiles |
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Repository |
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (New York, New York) |
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Source |
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists. London: Thames and Hudson, 1999. (p.[183]) |
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Rights |
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Lucie-Smith courtesy: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the photographer. Copy print © 1998 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © DACS 1999. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 2453-115.jpg |
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