25-158 Fotogramm by László Moholy-Nagy 1926 giclée repro

“Fotogramm” 1926 by László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946). This is a giclée reproduction: a fine art, gallery-quality pigment print on matte archival paper using fade-free 12-color archival inks for crisp contrasts and 100-year longevity. 12.5 x 15.5 inches framed.

The original photo is in the Metroplitan Museum’s collection. His brilliant experimental work preceded that of Man Ray who used the photogram technique as well.

“Moholy-Nagy played a key role at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau as a painter, graphic artist, teacher, and impassioned advocate of avant-garde photography. He made this image without a camera by placing ordinary objects, including his hand and a paintbrush, on a sheet of photosensitized paper and exposing it to light. While this simple process was practiced by photography’s founders in the nineteenth century and was later popularized as a child’s amusement, avant-garde artists in the twentieth century revived the photogram technique as a means for exploring the optical and expressive properties of light. With this shadow-image of a hand and paintbrush, Moholy-Nagy ambitiously suggests that photography may incorporate, and even transcend, painting as the most vital medium of artistic expression in the modern age.” (Met Museum)