Live Auction 14185Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)
Lot 130

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)

Composition

Closed16 May 2017

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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)
Composition
signed and dated 'L. Moholy-Nagy 40' (lower right) and dedicated 'to Rosalind Cassidy with heartiest greetings' (lower left)
oil, pen and India ink and pencil on card
28 x 21 7/8 in. (71.2 x 55.6 cm.)
Executed in 1940

Rosalind Cassidy, Montecito (gift from the artist, circa 1940).
Camille Brown, Los Angeles (gift from the above, 1980).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

Specialist note

Hattula Moholy-Nagy has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Rosalind Cassidy, the first owner of this drawing, was a professor at Mills College, where Moholy-Nagy taught a summer session in 1940.