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 László Moholy – Nagy – collage, ink and watercolour on paper

“The Light Prop for an Electric Stage”, also known as “the Light Space Modulator”, 1929-30, was created by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy to provide lighting effects for plays and other performances.

This installation embodies the artist’s aim to introduce kinetic elements “in which the volume relationships are virtual ones” into a work of art. It also sums up well Moholy-Nagy’s interest in the unity of art and technology.

This work was carried out by the artist together with an engineer and a technician and it consisted of a metallic box with a circular opening (stage opening) at its front side and a second board with a parallel circular opening inside the box.

On the back of the panel, mounted around the opening, are several multi-coloured electric bulbs, flickering on and off, illuminating the alw