László Moholy-Nagy
1930 (taken) 2005 (print)
Light-space modulator

Gelatin silver print
16 x 12 in. (50.5 x 40.5cm)
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction, 8 June 2022, Photography from the 19th - 21st centuries, Lot: 4215
 
This sculpture, which Moholy-Nagy made of metal and glass pieces that were moved by an electric motor, is the first large kinetic sculpture in art history.
 
Lit.: Barbara Auer. Artist with the camera. Photography as an experiment. Mannheim 1994, ill. p. 14 (different image of the modulator).
 
LL/120274