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LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY (1895-1946)
Composition G4
signed, dated and inscribed 'Moholy=Nagy zu Galalithbild G4 (26)' (on the reverse of the paper); signed again, dated and inscribed 'MOHOLY=NAGY G26' (on the backboard)
oil on red Galalith over India ink and wash on paper
15 3/4 x 19 5/8 in. (40 x 49.6 cm.)
Executed in 1926
Provenance
Private collection, Zurich, by whom acquired directly from the artist, by 1934, and thence by descent; sale, Christie’s, London, 4 February 2014, lot 11.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Exh. cat., Albers and Moholy-Nagy: from the Bauhaus to the New World, Tate Modern, London, 2006, no. 13, p. 18 (illustrated; titled ‘Composition’, dated '1925-1927' and with incorrect medium).
A. Schulz Marty, ‘Eine Galalithplatte als Gestaltungmedium und Bildträger im Werk ‘Composition G4‘ von László Moholy-Nagy‘, in Zeitschrift für Kunsttechnologie und Konservierung, vol. I, Worms, 2007, pp. 33-37 (illustrated pp. 33-35; details illustrated p. 36).
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Abstrakte und surrealistische Malerei und Plastik, October - November 1929, no. 89, p. 18 (titled 'G IV'; with incorrect dimensions).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Neue Deutsche Malerei, June - July 1934, no. 84, p. 12 (titled 'G IV'; dated '1925-1926').
Zurich, Galerie Orlando, Das Bauhaus, Weimar, Dessau, Berlin und The New Bauhaus Chicago, April - October 2005, p. 54 (illustrated; titled 'Composition'; dated 'circa 1921' and with incorrect medium).
Special Notice
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Ms Hattula Moholy-Nagy has confirmed the authenticity of this work.