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12.16: Maholy-Nagy

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    Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of László Moholy-Nagy’s Composition A.XX.

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    The link to this video is provided at the bottom of this page.

    László Moholy-Nagy, Composition A.XX, 1924, oil on canvas, 135.5 × 115 cm, (Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris).

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