Berlin Radio Tower by László Moholy-Nagy
Art Institute of Chicago

Berlin Radio Tower

László Moholy-Nagy · 1928

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
  • Wellesley, Massachusetts, Wellesley College Museum, "Moholy-Nagy, Photography and Film in Weimar Germany," April 10–June 10, 1985; traveled to Houston, Texas, The Museum of Fine Arts, November 2, 1985–January 5, 1986; Art Institute of Chicago, January 31–April 13, 1986.
  • University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, "Photographers of the Weimar Republic," October 2–November 16, 1986; traveled to State University of New York at Purchase, Neuberger Museum, January 25–March 29, 1987.
  • Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography,” May 7–July 30, 1989; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 16–November 26, 1989; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 21, 1989–February 25, 1990.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, "Industrial Effects: Twentieth Century Photographs from the Permanent Collection," July 24-October 17, 1993.
  • Berlin, Germany, Berlinische Galerie, "Moskau-Berlin/Berlin-Moscow, 1900–1950," September 3, 1995–January 7, 1996; traveled to Moscow, Russia, Pushkin State Museum, March 1–July 1, 1996.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, December 1998-February 1999.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, "Photography on Display: Modern Treasures," May 9–September 13, 2009.
  • Sydney, Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, "The Mad Square: Modernity in German Art, 1910–1938," August 5–September 2011; traveled to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, November 17, 2011–February 12, 2012. (Jacqueline Strecker)
  • New York, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, "Moholy_Nagy: Future Present," May 25-September 7, 2016; traveled to Art Institute of Chicago, October 2, 2016-January 3, 2017; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February 8-June 18, 2017.

Literature

Published references

  • Hight, Eleanor M. 1985. "Moholy-Nagy: Photography and Film in Weimar Germany." Exh. cat. Wellesley College Museum. p. 76. fig. 37.
  • Greenough, Sarah, Joel Snyder, David Travis and Colin Westerbeck. 1989. “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art/The Art Institute of Chicago. p. 275, cat. 213.
  • Hight, Eleanor M. 1995. "Picturing Modernism: Moholy-Nagy and Photography in Weimar germany." Massachusetts Institute of Technology. p.123, fig. 60
  • Wood, James N. 2000. "Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago." Hudson Hills Press, Inc. p. 271.
  • Varnedoe, Kirk. 2006. "Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art Since Pollock." Princeton University Press. p. 102.
  • Druick, Douglas and Robert V. Sharp. 2013. "The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide." Art Institute of Chicago. p. 291.

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