Composition aux cercles symétriques
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LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY (1895-1946)
Composition aux cercles symétriques
signed ‘Moholy-Nagy’ (lower right)
gouache and brush and India ink on paper
15 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. (39.8 x 29.8 cm.)
Executed in 1932
Composition aux cercles symétriques
signed ‘Moholy-Nagy’ (lower right)
gouache and brush and India ink on paper
15 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. (39.8 x 29.8 cm.)
Executed in 1932
Provenance
Private collection, Rome, by 1975, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Jean Chauvelin, La peinture non-objective, 1924-1939, June 1971, no. 107, p. 108 (illustrated p. 109); this exhibition later travelled to London, Annely Juda Fine Art, July - September 1971; and Milan, Galleria Milano, October - November 1971.
Padua, Galleria d'arte La Chiocciola, L'arte non oggettiva. Opere dal 1923 al 1973, October - November 1973.
Turin, Galleria Martano, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, January - February 1975, no. 10 (illustrated).
Venice, La Biennale, XLII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte La Biennale di Venezia, Arte e Scienza, June - September 1986, no. 3, p. 166.
Padua, Galleria d'arte La Chiocciola, L'arte non oggettiva. Opere dal 1923 al 1973, October - November 1973.
Turin, Galleria Martano, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, January - February 1975, no. 10 (illustrated).
Venice, La Biennale, XLII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte La Biennale di Venezia, Arte e Scienza, June - September 1986, no. 3, p. 166.
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