Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), G 8

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)
G 8
signed, titled and dated 'MOHOLY G 8 (1926)' (on the reverse of the board)
oil and pen and black ink on Galalith over black tape on board
15 ½ x 19 ½ in. (39.5 x 49.6 cm.)
Executed in 1926

Provenance
Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, New York (by descent from the artist).
Galerie Tarica, Paris and Harold Diamond, New York (acquired from the above, circa 1965).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, circa 1970.

Pre-Lot Text
Beyond Boundaries: Avant-Garde Masterworks from a European Collection

Literature
C. Fawkes, "Photography and Moholy-Nagy's Do-it Yourself Aesthetic" in Studio International, vol. 190, no. 976, July-August 1975, pp. 23 (illustrated with incorrect orientation; with incorrect support).
K. Passuth, Moholy-Nagy, New York, 1985, p. 443 (illustrated in color, fig. 58).

Exhibited
(possibly) Kunsthalle Basel, Konstruktivisten: Van Doesburg, Domela, Eggeling, Gabo, Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy, Mondrian, Pevsner, Taeuber, Vantongerloo, Vordemberge, January-February 1937.
Kunsthalle Mannheim, László Moholy-Nagy, July-August 1961, no. 30 (illustrated).
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum and Wuppertal, Von der Heydtmuseum, Moholy-Nagy, January-June 1967, p. 27, no. A28.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Moholy-Nagy, London, September 1968, no. 11 (illustrated).
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art and New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, László Moholy-Nagy, May 1969-April 1970, p. 57, no. 21.
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska + Bargera, Konstruktivismus Entwicklungen und Tendenzen seit 1913, September-December 1972, no. 262b (illustrated; titled ohne Titel and with incorrect dimensions).
London, Tate Modern; Kunsthalle Bielefeld and New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World, March 2006-January 2007, pp. 18, 69 and 183 (illustrated in color, p. 18, pl. 12; illustrated again in color, p. 69, fig. 8; with incorrect medium).
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, László Moholy-Nagy: Retrospective, October 2009-February 2010, p. 183 (illustrated in color on the front cover and illustrated again in color, p. 141; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Madrid, Círculo de Bellas Artes; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau and The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, László Moholy-Nagy: The Art of Light, June 2010-May 2011, p. 254 (illustrated in color, p. 177).