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Boxen
Creator
László Moholy-NagyAmerican Photographer · 1895–1946
All works by this person →> The reality of our century is technology: the invention, construction and maintenance of machines. To be a user of machines is to be of the spirit of this century. Machines have replaced the transcendental spiritualism of past eras. > > --László Moholy-Nagy > > Perhaps more than any other artist in the Getty Museum collection, László Moholy-Nagy would have delighted in the presentation of his im
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- 1924
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
> In *Boxing,* László Moholy-Nagy has created a stage set/architectural space for his characters: a boxing ring (drawn by hand). The enclosure—a box as well as a boxing ring—parallels that of the caged cheetah above. The pugilist is tamed by his zoological confinement and appears as a somewhat ridiculous figure, his antics under amused observation by a group of women in 1920s bathing suits and men in military uniforms with surveying equipment. The artist later reworked this piece for use as an advertising design by adding the word *Sportartikel* (sporting goods), painting the name *Adam* in red, and applying gouache to the figures ([84.XM.997.1](http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/46585/laszlo-moholy-nagy-adam-sportartikel-american-1924/)). According to Lucia Moholy, the design was never used commercially. Katherine Ware, *László Moholy-Nagy*, In Focus: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995), 20. © 1995 The J. Paul Getty Museum.
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