Am2
Artist: László Moholy-Nagy (American (born Hungary), 1895-1946)
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
Painting: 37 5/8 × 29 11/16 in. (95.6 × 75.4 cm)
Frame: 38 1/2 × 30 1/2 × 1 in. (97.8 × 77.5 × 2.5 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1996.20
Label Text:László Moholy-Nagy (the second part of his surname is pronounced Nadj) advocated for the unity of art, technology, and industry and its potential for constructive social impact and transformation. He was a professor from 1923 to 1928 at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany, a school that integrated art and design to re-envision new ways of living. It was there that he painted AM2. In his paintings, Moholy-Nagy often created abstract architectural structures that include overlapping shapes of varying transparencies. AM2 provides a sense of depth encouraging viewers to reimagine the possibilities of a two-dimensional surface.
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