60 Fotos herausgegeben von Franz Roh. 60 photos edited by Franz Roh. 60 photographies publiées par Franz Roh. Fototek 1.

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presentation copy The first monograph of Moholy-Nagy's photographs, presentation copy inscribed: 'für herr sandels mit / besten gruss[?] / Moholy-Nagy / 25/XI/37'. Moholy-Nagy was appointed director of The New Bauhaus: American School of Design in Chicago, with classes beginning in October 1937, on the recommendation of Walter Gropius, who had just accepted a position at Harvard. Moholy-Nagy had spent the previous two years in London and the year before that in Amsterdam after leaving Berlin in 1933. [With:] BIERMANN, Aenne. 60 Fotos herausgegeben von Franz Roh. 60 photos edited by Franz Roh. 60 photographies publiées par Franz Roh. Fototek 2. Berlin, Klinkhardt Biermann, 1930. First edition; 8vo (249 x 175 mm, 9¾ x 7 in); black-and-white photographs printed in relief halftone by F. Bruckmann AG, Munich, text in German, English, and French, design by Jan Tschichold; foxing and toning to preliminary and end pages, photo-illustrated wrappers printed in light blue and black, wear and rubbing to wrappers, foxing to verso, wear and loss to head and foot of spine; 11, [60], [5]pp. First edition, presentation copy inscribed by Moholy-Nagy on the first page; 8vo (249 x 175 mm, 9¾ x 7 in); black-and-white photographs printed in relief halftone by F. Bruckmann AG, Munich, text in German, English, and French, design by Jan Tschichold, foxing and toning to preliminary and end pages; photo-illustrated wrappers printed in yellow and black, spine toned with wear and loss to head, foot, and

• Binding: Hardcover

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