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Painting, Photography, Film [A Bauhaus Book], The MIT Press, 1987

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(Preface) ‘This translation of the original 1925-27 Moholy-Nagy book presents his innovative photograms made without a camera, the creative X-rays, super-wide-angle fisheye pictures, double prints, collages, montages, and the Bauhaus artist’s thoughts on the interrelationship of type, audio, and visual perception.

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  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: László Moholy-Nagy
  • Year: 1987
  • Client/Publisher: The MIT Press
  • Size: 180mm x 245mm

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Painting, Photography, Film [A Bauhaus Book], The MIT Press, 1987
Painting, Photography, Film [A Bauhaus Book], The MIT Press, 1987
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