Print authentication:LÁszlÓ Maholy Nagy

László Moholy-Nagy was an inter-disciplinary artist, best remembered for his position as a professor at the Bauhaus in Germany. While Maholy-Nagy is not predominantly known as a printmaker he made numerous works on paper including woodcut prints and letterpress compositions. As a commercial artist he created numerous designs, which were printed in different publications. Many of his paintings, drawings and collaged compositions have since been produced as prints and posters.

As Maholy-Nagy was not a German national, he was forced to leave the Bauhaus in the 1930s. He briefly lived in the Netherlands and England before moving to the United States. Maholy-Nagy settled in Chicago where he was appointed director of the New Bauhaus, which closed shortly after. Eventually Maholy-Nagy was able to open his own design school.