Das Gebäude der welt
date: label: date made
content: 1926
name: label: maker
content: Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo
label: maker
content: Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo
notes: label: Description
content: Unmounted gelatin silver print of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's photomontage titled "Das Gebäude der welt". The print is a montage of structural elements, perhaps metal scaffolding, women's legs, pelicans, and a monkey on a white background. The composition features strong diagonal and horizontal lines, which create geometric sections of white space and images. The title is written in pencil on verso of the print, but the work is known elsewhere as "Das Veltgebaude". The piece was also published with the English title "The Structure of the World". Complete text on verso reads "L. Moholy-Nagy / Das Gebaude der Welt / Fotoplastik 1926". This print was probably reproduced later from the original print made in 1926.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.69.110
label: accession number
content: 282328
label: catalog number
content: 69.110
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Name
content: gelatin silver print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 46.6 cm x 37.3 cm; 18 3/8 in x 14 11/16 in