Figures hang from fine lines on bare paper

On an almost empty cream ground, a woman in a short patterned garment is set inside a heavy black ring at the upper left, arms flung wide and legs extended, holding a slender rod. A child in a light top and dark shorts leans forward on a small seat below her. At the lower right a pale canopy is edged with a ring of small dark bells, a tiny figure at its centre. Fine ruled lines run from the canopy up to both figures like the cables of a swing carousel, converging as they climb.

László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) was a Hungarian painter, photographer and designer and one of the defining teachers of the Bauhaus, where he led the preliminary course and the metal workshop from 1923 to 1928. He worked in paint, photography, typography and light, pioneering the cameraless photogram and setting out his ideas in Malerei, Fotografie, Film (1925). Driven out of Germany, he worked in Amsterdam and London before settling in Chicago, where he founded the New Bauhaus in 1937. His work is held by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the Art Institute of Chicago and Tate.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.