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| László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1895–1946) EM1 Telephonbild (1923) Porcelain enamel on steel 95.2 x 60.3 cm. (37.5 x 23.7 in.) Courtesy of Sotheby's |
A number of works by artists fundamental to the birth of abstract art in the early-20th century, including László Moholy-Nagy, František Kupka and Wassily Kandinsky. EM1 Telephonbild by Moholy-Nagy that was most recently on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, as part of the acclaimed retrospective Moholy-Nagy, Future Present.
Conceived in 1922 and executed in 1923, EM 1 Telephonbild, acquired by The Museum of Modern Art at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sales for US$6,087,500 in November, 2016, is a masterwork of 20th-century conceptual art. In the early 1920s, Moholy-Nagy fervently sought a new mode of expression that would place him at the forefront of the avant-garde. In addition to Duchamp and the readymade, Moholy-Nagy turned to the ideal of the engineer-artist and joined in the Constructivist and Productivist belief that easel painting was dead. In its place, industrial technologies could make prototypes of art that would later be produced for the masses. Despite his interest in this avant-garde means of production, the Telephonbild enamel series was Moholy-Nagy’s only painting executed solely by machine.
Video: An interesting animation showcasing the work of influential Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy's EM1 Telephonhild for viewing pleasure.
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