Z VII
Medium
oil and graphite on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 95.3 x 76.2 cm (37 1/2 x 30 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Richard S. Zeisler
Accession Number
2007.112.1
About the Artist
László Moholy-Nagy
László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946), born László Weisz in Bácsborsód, Hungary, to a Jewish family, transformed from law student to pioneering modernist after World War I. Orphaned early by his father's departure, he was raised by his mother and guardian uncle Gusztáv Nagy, whose surname inspired his own. After studying law at the University of Budapest, Moholy-Nagy served as an Austro-Hungarian artille...