Main entry:

Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946.

Title & Author:

László Moholy-Nagy : color in transparency : photographic experiments in color 1934-1946 = Fotografische Experimente in Farbe 1934-1946 / edited by Jeannine Fiedler und Hattula Moholy-Nagy for the Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin ; [translation, Toby Axelrod, Sandra Lustig, Holger Wölfle].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Göttingen : Steidl ; Berlin : Bauhaus-Archiv, 2006.

Description:

207 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, June 21-Sept. 4, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-206).
The rediscovery of Moholy-Nagy's color pphotography / Hattula Moholy-Nagy -- A pioneer of color photography. Moholy-Nagy's color camera works / Jeannine Fiedler -- Paths to the unleashed color camera / László Moholy-Nagy -- Plates -- Preliminary remarks on the plates / Jeannine Fiedler -- Technical annotations to the plates -- Profile of László Moholy-Nagy.
Also issued online.
English translation, with German text.

Summary:

Among the early twentieth-century's avant-garde, Hungarian-born photographer Lszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was one of the most ardent seekers of the "New Vision." His preoccupation with the phenomenon of light was a defining influence on every period of his work, and one of his great strengths lay in his effortless skill in translating light and spatial dimensions from one medium to another. By the time the first color photographic processes became widely available in the early 1930s, he had mastered black-and-white, and he turned immediately to this next big thing. Color proved to be one of his most important mediums, not only during his early years in Germany, but also as he reestablished himself at the New Bauhaus and the Institute of Design, both of which he initiated upon moving to the United States and settling in Chicago. Until now, with only a few exceptions, his work in color has been unknown. Color in Transparency presents 100 pieces including advertisements, portraits, urban views, New Bauhaus studies and abstract compositions--created between Moholy-Nagy's first experiments with the medium in 1934 and his death in 1946. A foreword by his daughter, Hattula Moholy-Nagy, and an essay and captions by art historian and critic Jeannine Fiedler, along with a chronology and bibliography, elucidate the history of this appealing and accessible area of Moholy-Nagy's work, as well as its significance in his oeuvre.

ISBN:

386521293X (cl.)
9783865212931 (cl.)

Subject:

Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946 Exhibitions.
Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946.
Moholy-Nagy, László.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Color photography Exhibitions.
Portrait photography Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photographie en couleurs Expositions.
Portraits (Photographie) Expositions.
Color photography
Photography, Artistic
Portrait photography
Farbfotografie
Neues Sehen
Foto's.
Fotokonst Ungern 1934-1946.
Fotografi Ungern 1934-1946.
Fotografer Ungern 1900-talet.
Konstnärer Ungern 1934-1946.
Färgfotografi 1900-talet historia.
Experimentell konst 1900-talet.
Hongarije.
Berlin <2006>

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Fiedler, Jeannine, editor.
Moholy-Nagy, Hattula, editor.
Axelrod, Toby, translator.
Lustig, Sandra, 1962- translator.
Wölfle, Holger, translator.
Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung.

Color in transparency
Fotografische Experimente in Farbe 1934-1946

Holdings:

Location: Library main 250110
Call No.: BIB 179643
Status: Available