Sibyl and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy papers
name: label: Creator
content: Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, 1905-
label: Creator
content: Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Photographers
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Occupation
content: Architectural historians -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Architecture, Modern
label: Topic
content: Women architectural critics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1971 by Hattula Hug, daughter of Sibyl and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. [Microfilm reels 1005-1006 erroneously labeled a gift.]
creator: label: Creator
content: Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, 1905-
label: Creator
content: Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sibyl: architectural historian, critic, educator. Birthdate also cited as 1903. Died 1971. Laszlo: sculptor, designer, painter & photographer; Chicago, Illinois. Sibyl was born Dorothea Maria Pauline Alice Sybille Pietzsche in Dresden, Germany. An actress in Berlin during her twenties, she used the stage name Sibyl Peech. Eventually she shifted to a career in the scenario office of the Tobis [Moving] Picture Syndicate where she met Moholy-Nagy in 1929. They married in 1932. Came to U.S. 1934. Laszlo taught at Walter Gropius's first Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, 1920's, and was one of the founders of the Institute of Design, Chicago, 1939.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Reels (ca. 1500 items (on 10 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1918-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mohosiby
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 944-949, 951-952 & 1005-1006 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Hattula Hug after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; diaries; writings; photographs; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 944-949: Correspondence; diaries, 1918-1945 and 1947-1959; articles, lecture manuscripts, book reviews, book notes, various writings; family, chilhood, and professional photos, including portrait shots from silent movies in Berlin in 1924-31; course outlines; Architectural League papers, 1970-71; AIA medal; correspondence files; South American travel diary, 1959; and miscellaneous papers.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 951-952: Correspondence; photographs of Laszlo, his Hungarian family, and of his work; clippings and press notices of his 1969-1970 retrospective.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1005-1006: Undated writings, notes, and printed material relating to Sibyl Moholy-Nagy's unpublished book, "Pragma."