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Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo. Vision in Motion by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo. Vision in Motion by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
Published by Paul Theobald, Chicago, 1947. First edition, 4th printing, cloth, no dust jacket, 371 pages. Covers shows evidence of handling, spine somewhat darkened from light exposure, binding sound. After introductory chapters on art education based on his experience at the Bauhaus, Moholy provides separate chapters on painting, photography, sculpture, space-time problems, motion pictures, literature, and group poetry. Chapter on photography features numerous illustrations of photograms and manipulated photography. The entire book is profusely illustrated, including many photographs by Moholy, plus some by Berenice Abbott, Arthur Siegel, Harold Edgerton, George Keys, Man Ray, Carlotta Corpron, F.W. Gore, Raoul Hausmann, Alfred Stieglitz, Joseph Breitenbach, Samuel Wu, Nathan Lerner, Herbert Matter, Tomas Eakins, Theodore J. Roszak, et al.