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Am2

Artist László Moholy-Nagy (American (born Hungary), 1895-1946)

Place of OriginDessau, Germany

Date1925

DimensionsPainting: 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)

MediumOil on canvas

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1996.20

Not on View

Label TextLászló 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.Exhibition HistoryNew York, Kleeman Galleries, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 1895-1946, 1957, no. 18, repr.

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 1969, no. 19 (on loan from the Lillian H. Florsheim Foundation for Fine Arts, Chicago).

Toledo Museum of Art, The Bauhaus Experiment: Art & Design from the Toledo Museum of Art, August 25, 2020-February 7, 2021.