LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY | Exzentrische Konstruktion (Eccentric Construction)

The New Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired by 1969)
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
Private Collection, Hamburg (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Berlin, Galerie Der Sturm, Moholy-Nagy, Peri, 1923, no. 18, (titled Exzentrische Konstruktion)
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 1969, no. 89
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, The Non-Objective World 1914-1955, 1973, no. 101
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, The Non Objective World 1914-1939, 1978, no. 113 (titled Study for "Construction")

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on paper and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. The sheet is slightly time-stained, and there is an artist's pinhole to the centre of the left-edge. The sheet is slightly creased due to the laying down process, and there are handling marks in places, some of which may be original. There are a couple of fly spots to the upper right quadrant, and some discolouration to the upper part of the extreme left edge. This work is in overall good condition.
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The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Hattula Moholy-Nagy.