Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Modern Perspectives: The Collection of Rolf & Margit Weinberg
Am 3
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May 13, 11:00 PM GMT
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3,000,000 - 5,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Modern Perspectives: The Collection of Rolf & Margit Weinberg
László Moholy-Nagy
(1895 - 1946)
Am 3
signed Moholy=Nagy, stenciled with the signature L.MOHOLY-NAGY, titled, dated (1923) and inscribed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
29 ½ by 37 ½ in. 75 by 95.3 cm.
Executed in 1923.
Sybille Moholy-Nagy, Chicago and New York (acquired by descent from the artist)
Erika Klihm (Kunst Kabinett Klihm), Thansau (acquired from the above in the early 1960s)
Acquired from the above circa 1981 by the present owner
Hans Maria Wingler, Das Bauhaus, 1919-1933: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Bramsche, 1962, p. 252, illustrated
Munich, Kunst Kabinett Klihm, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 1959, no. 11, n.p., illustrated (titled Farbgitterbild II)
Recklinghausen; Vienna and Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Ort der Freiheit für die Kunst: veranstaltet von der Nationalgalerie der Ehemals Staatlichen Museen Berlin und der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Berlin, 1960, no. 117, n.p., illustrated (titled Farbgitterbild II)
Munich, Kunst Kabinett Klihm, L. Moholy-Nagy, 1895-1946, 1962, illustrated
Munich, Kunst Kabinett Klihm, Moholy-Nagy, 1966
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Moholy-Nagy, 1967, no. A15
London, Royal Arts Academy and Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, 50 Years Bauhaus, 1968, no. 167, p. 280, illustrated (London); no. 193 (Stuttgart)
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein; Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein and Zurich, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 1974-75, no. 14 (titled Komposition Am 3)
St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum, Rot Gelb Blau. Die Primärfarben in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1988, p. 77, illustrated in color
Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Equilibre, 1993, p. 142, illustrated in color
Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus; Wuppertal, Von de Heydt-Museum; Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister and Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, El Greco bis Mondrian, 1996, n.n., p. 259, illustrated
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