View from the Pont Transbordeur

László Moholy-Nagy, 1929

This may well be the penultimate example of Modernism as expressed in photography in the 1920s. Moholy-Nagy climbed to the top of the Marseille transporter bridge and photographed straight down. The rhythm of the metal construction, printed dark, contrasts with the circular concrete pillar. Two triangular sails of a ship passing by prevent the photograph from turning into an entirely abstract entity.

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2010-1
  • Dimensionsheight 389 mm x width 278 mm, height 515 mm x width 399 mm
  • Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

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Konstruktion

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Konstruktion

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • View from the Pont Transbordeur
    • View from the Pont Transbordeur, Marseilles

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2010-1

  • Description

    De foto is een bijna abstracte compositie van de metalen constructie, de betonnen pijler en het driehoekige zeil van een schip. Alleen van dichtbij is er enige figuratie te zien: de man in het zeilschip.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • stamp: ‘[leeg]’
    • number: ‘NY MN 529 5V’
    • stamp: ‘foto moholy-nagy/ moholy-nagy/ berlin-chbg 9/ fredericiastrasse 27 atelier’
    • title: ‘marseille (au pont transbordeur)’

Creation

  • Creation

    photographer: László Moholy-Nagy, Marseille

  • Dating

    1929

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

  • Dimensions

    • height 389 mm x width 278 mm
    • height 515 mm x width 399 mm

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  • Subject

  • Place

Exhibitions

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of Baker McKenzie and the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2010-02-17

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Mattie Boom en Hans Rooseboom, 'Gezicht vanaf de Pont Transbordeur, Marseille', Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt 20 (2010) nr. 3, p. 26-29.
    • Mattie Boom en Hans Rooseboom, 'Modern Times : Een lange eeuw in tien delen', Fotografisch Geheugen (2014), 84, p. 8, afb. 11.

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