László Moholy-Nagy: career timeline
American · 1895–1946 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 69 of 93 lots (74% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | $21.8kSign up | Other |
| 1920s | 48 | 44 | $21kSign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 13 | 9 | $51.2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 5 | 5 | $105kSign up | Oil |
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1910s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $21.8kSign up
- Average
- $21.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 12.5 in (44 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1918 Weiblicher Akt$21.8kSign up
1920s 48 works
- Sold
- 44 of 48
- Median
- $21kSign up
- Average
- $58.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 8 in (27 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (19), Lithograph (12), Other (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Abstract (1)
c. 1920 PhotogramUnsold
c. 1920 12 Fotografien 1920-1939$6.3kSign up
1920 Geometrická kompozícia III.$2.8kSign up
c. 1920 Geometrická kompozícia II$5.5kSign up
1920 2 sheets: Blick von oben auf eine Straße. Fotogramm$361Sign up
1921 Composition$75.8kSign up
1921 Komposition 1921$106kSign up
1922 Kreis und Flächen$22.1kSign up
1922 Ohne Titel (Abstraktion III)$19.7kSign up
1922 Ohne Titel$17.1kSign up
1922 PhotogramUnsold
c. 1922 Ohne Titel$21.2kSign up
Show 12 more (1920s)
1922 Aus: „Konstruktionen$27kSign up
1922 László Moholy-Nagy. Vierzehn Fotos$4.7kSign up
c. 1922 10 Fotogramme 1922-1926$7.1kSign up
1923 1923 VII – IX Bauhaus Ausstellung Weimar$5.9kSign up
1923 Ohne Titel$14kSign up
c. 1923 Ohne Titel (Komposition)$36.8kSign up
1923 Komposition (Flächen und Achsen)$28.2kSign up
1923 1923 VII – IX Bauhaus Ausstellung Weimar$8.4kSign up
1923 Konstruktion VI$11.8kSign up
1923 Konstruktion V$18.1kSign up
1923 Konstruktion“ IV$22.3kSign up
1923 Konstruktion I“ („Komposition K 4“)$25.1kSign up
…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.
1930s 13 works
- Sold
- 9 of 13
- Median
- $51.2kSign up
- Average
- $236kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 16 in (50 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (6), Oil (2), Screenprint (2)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1), Abstract (1)
1930 Photoreporter in the North Arctic SeaUnsold
1930 Light Space ModulatorUnsold
1931 Space Modulator Experiment, Aluminum 5$1.4MSign up
1932 Nach - Construction$421Sign up
1932 ConstructionUnsold
1936 Special Effect for “Things to Come”$144kSign up
1938 Ohne Titel$13.3kSign up
1938 Composition, 1938$12.9kSign up
1939 Untitled (Photogram)$51.2kSign up · sold 2×
1939 CH9$420kSign up · sold 2×
1939 Ohne Titel$80.8kSign up
c. 1939 UntitledUnsold
Show 1 more (1930s)
1939 Superimposition II$11.7kSign up
1940s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $105kSign up
- Average
- $96.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 11.5 in (28 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Drawing (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1)
1941 Komposition$2.3kSign up
1945 Ohne Titel$166kSign up
1946 Watercolor N° 2$57.2kSign up
1946 Expressionist Composition$153kSign up
1946 Prototype desk set$105kSign up
Creation date not recorded
24 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 11 works
- Sold
- 11 of 11
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $21.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 11 in (27 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5), Drawing (2), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2001 3 Bll. : Verschiedene Motive$167Sign up
sold 2001 6 Bll.: Verschiedene Motive$424Sign up
sold 2002 2 Bll.: Fotogramm. Blick von oben auf die Straße$312Sign up
sold 2002 Planeta$1.9kSign up
sold 2002 Between Detroit and Buffalo$2.1kSign up
sold 2002 Rotenburg$162Sign up
Show 5 more (2000s)
sold 2004 Construction$33.2kSign up
sold 2004 Space Modulator$149kSign up
sold 2006 (Hungarian 1895-1946)$29.9kSign up
sold 2007 Komposition sich schneidender Diagonalen$16.8kSign up
sold 2009 BAUHAUSBALCONIES IN DESSAU$3.8kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $12.5kSign up
- Average
- $17.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 7 × 6.5 in (18 × 17 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4), Woodcut / linocut (2), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2010 Composition$19.9kSign up
sold 2010 Abstufungen (Degrees)$12.5kSign up
sold 2011 Kreis und Flächen Variation (Circle and Plane Variation)$21.3kSign up
sold 2013 Ellen Frank$67.9kSign up
sold 2017 Self Portrait$591Sign up
sold 2019 Senza titolo$441Sign up
Show 1 more (2010s)
sold 2019 Senza titolo$441Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $2.6kSign up
- Average
- $11.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 8 in (16 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Etching (1), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Konstruction$560Sign up
sold 2022 Konvolut von 2 Gelatinesilberabzügen$274Sign up
sold 2024 SPORT MACHT dick. - huhn bleibt HUHN. - Früh krümmt sich, was ein Hackhen werden will$46.8kSign up
sold 2024 Licht-Raum-Modulationen$1.4kSign up
sold 2025 The New Isokon Chair$3.8kSign up
sold 2025 Planes Intersecting$14.3kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All László Moholy-Nagy auction results →