Leda und der Schwan
Object Details
- Description
- László Moholy-Nagy arrived at photography at a time when great experimentation was occurring with the medium of photography as well as other art forms. This particular style of photography was called photomontage, or as Moholy-Nagy preferred to call it, “fotoplastik.” Created similar to a collage, different pre-existing images were arranged to create a new composition. The new image was then photographed to create the final photomontage. This technique was associated with the Dadaists, an artistic group that was staunchly “anti-art.” Rather than creating an image by drawing or painting, they would rely on pre-existing images to create art. In this case, Moholy-Nagy combines seemingly unrelated objects together to create an intriguing final composition.
- Image Size: 42.8 x 23.3 cm.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1926
- ID Number
- PG.69.111
- accession number
- 282328
- catalog number
- 69.111
- maker
- Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo
- Object Name
- gelatin silver print
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- gelatin silver (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 42.8 cm x 23.3 cm; 16 27/32 in x 9 3/16 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmah_1186679
