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Lichtspiel Schwarz-Weiss-Grau

Germany, 1930
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In 1930, after eight years of research and experimentation, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy created the Light Space Modulator, a kinetic sculpture of rotating glass, spira..

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Light play

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Memory of Moholy-Nagy

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Raumlichtkunst

Germany, c. 1926-2012
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School of Light

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Light Music

1975
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Landscape

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K VII

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The Shadowers

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Buried in light

United States, 1994
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Light Reflection

1941
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