Portrait of Franz Roh
- Photographer
- Lucia Moholy, English (born Poland), 1894–1989
- Date
- 1926, printed later
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- Classification
- Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 15 7/16 x 11 7/8 in. (39.2 x 30.2 cm)
mount: 17 1/8 x 13 1/16 in. (43.5 x 33.2 cm)
framed: 29 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (74 x 58.7 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Shop Fund
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- Object Number
- 36:1985
NOTES
Lucia Moholy presents the critic, photographer, and teacher Franz Roh in a unique manner that is both intimate and monumental. This is one in a series of portraits Moholy made in the 1920s of her teachers and fellow students at the Bauhaus school. Roh’s eyes are closed and his expression is ambiguous, leaving the viewer to freely examine the magnified features of his face. To Moholy, a face was a formal challenge—a complex interrelationship of shapes inviting exploration and scrutiny.
Provenance
- 1984
Lucia Moholy
1984 - 1985
Prakapas Gallery (Dorothy Prakapas), New York, NY, USA, acquired from the artist [1]
1985 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Prakapas Gallery [2]
Notes:
[1] According to an invoice, the Prakapas Gallery acquired the work from the artist for inclusion in an exhibition of Moholy's photographs at the Prakapas Gallery, New York, June 6, 1984 - July 20, 1984 [SLAM document files]. The details of the exhibition are further outlined in the Moholy exhibition press release [SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 23, 1985.
Lucia Moholy
1984 - 1985
Prakapas Gallery (Dorothy Prakapas), New York, NY, USA, acquired from the artist [1]
1985 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Prakapas Gallery [2]
Notes:
[1] According to an invoice, the Prakapas Gallery acquired the work from the artist for inclusion in an exhibition of Moholy's photographs at the Prakapas Gallery, New York, June 6, 1984 - July 20, 1984 [SLAM document files]. The details of the exhibition are further outlined in the Moholy exhibition press release [SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 23, 1985.