LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY (1895-1946) Zhivopis’ ili fotografiya [Painting or Photography]. Moscow: Ogonyok, 1929.

87 pp.: ill.; 23 x 18 cm. (Library of the journal ‘Sovetskoe foto’, no. 28). Print run of 7,000 copies. In the publisher’s typographic wrapper. Rubbing, soiling, traces of damp, spine missing, tears along the edges of the wrapper. László Moholy-Nagy (born László Weisz, 1895-1946) was an outstanding artist of Hungarian-Jewish origin and a key figure of the international avant-garde. A theorist and innovator in modern art, photography, film and design, he was a friend of Alexander Rodchenko and drew inspiration from the painting of Kazimir Malevich, Wassily Kandinsky and El Lissitzky. He synthesised the ideas of the Russian and European avant-garde into his own theory of art, which remains relevant today.