Film script for Dynamik der Gross-Stadt, 1921-1922.

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Film script for Dynamik der Gross-Stadt, 1921-1922.

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The manuscript is handwritten in ink and signed in pencil by László Moholy-Nagy. It presents fragments from a film script entitled Dynamik der Gross-Stadt (Dynamic of the Metropolis) which the artist probably wrote in 1921-1922. The artist drafted the text before he introduced the novel typesetting, photographs, and graphic symbols which are present in the published version. Moholy-Nagy uses modern German orthography but puts a few words in capital letters.

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Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946

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László Moholy-Nagy (1894-1946) was a painter, sculptor, photographer, designer, film maker, theorist and teacher who was a major figure in the Bauhaus movement, first in Germany and later instrumental in bringing the Bauhaus philosophy to the United States. His work spanned many genres. He was influenced by the Constructivists, Dadists and the Suprematists. In 1922 he was appointed to Bauhaus school of design in Berlin, staying until 1928. After working in commercial practice in Europe, he mov...