LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY
LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY Malerei Photografie Film -- Painting Photography Film . Bauhausbücher 8. Munich: Albert Langen, 1925. Quarto (230 x 180 mm). Approximately 100 black and white photographs. Original photo-illustrated wrappers (spine and extremities expertly restored); black cloth folding case. Provenance : Arthur A. Cohen, publisher and author, and Elaine Lustig Cohen artist and art dealer (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. THE COHEN COPY OF MOHOLY-NAGY'S HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL NEW VISION MANIFESTO. Malerei is Moholy-Nagy's "first attempt to lay out his entire theory and program for photography, and ultimately, for the transformation of human vision" ( 101 Books ). This copy was exhibited in 'The Open Book' at the International Center of Photography (17 June - 4 September, 2004). 101 Books , pp.44-5 ("STILL INFECTIOUS"); The Photobook , vol. I, pp.92-3 ("IMMEDIATELY SUCCESSFUL AND HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL"). Cf. Fotografia Pública , pp.177-8 ("his importance as an educator was decisive"); The Open Book , pp.60-1; Regards à travers le livre 18 ("VERY IMPORTANT").
LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY
LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY Malerei Photografie Film -- Painting Photography Film . Bauhausbücher 8. Munich: Albert Langen, 1925. Quarto (230 x 180 mm). Approximately 100 black and white photographs. Original photo-illustrated wrappers (spine and extremities expertly restored); black cloth folding case. Provenance : Arthur A. Cohen, publisher and author, and Elaine Lustig Cohen artist and art dealer (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. THE COHEN COPY OF MOHOLY-NAGY'S HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL NEW VISION MANIFESTO. Malerei is Moholy-Nagy's "first attempt to lay out his entire theory and program for photography, and ultimately, for the transformation of human vision" ( 101 Books ). This copy was exhibited in 'The Open Book' at the International Center of Photography (17 June - 4 September, 2004). 101 Books , pp.44-5 ("STILL INFECTIOUS"); The Photobook , vol. I, pp.92-3 ("IMMEDIATELY SUCCESSFUL AND HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL"). Cf. Fotografia Pública , pp.177-8 ("his importance as an educator was decisive"); The Open Book , pp.60-1; Regards à travers le livre 18 ("VERY IMPORTANT").
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