View from Pont Transbordeur, Marseille

1929 · Photograph

Can I see it?

Not on view at present

Where is “View from Pont Transbordeur, Marseille” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 12 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Details

Accession number: 1979.85

What it shows

Cityscape

In the catalog

Photographs Gelatin silver print Modernism 20th century Bauhaus Avant-garde United States

Sources

Art Institute of Chicago
Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder

In the life of László Moholy-Nagy

The whole life

1920–1933 · Residence
Berlin
1928
Leaves the Bauhaus for his own Berlin studio
In 1928 Moholy-Nagy left the Bauhaus (Marianne Brandt took over the metal workshop) and set up his own design studio in Berlin, employing István Seboek, György Kepes and Andor Weininger. He designed sets for operatic and theatrical productions (including Erwin Piscator's political theatre) as well as exhibitions and books, ad campaigns and films.
1929
Helps organise “Film und Foto” in Stuttgart
Moholy-Nagy was brought in to help organise the famous “Film und Foto” exhibition in Stuttgart.
1929
Separates from Lucia
In 1929 Moholy-Nagy separated from his first wife Lucia, photographer and collaborator in his photogram experiments.
summer 1931
A trip to Finland as Alvar Aalto's guest
In the summer of 1931 Moholy-Nagy travelled to Finland with his then girlfriend, the actress Ellen Frank (Walter Gropius's sister-in-law), as the guest of the architect Alvar Aalto. There he visited the Holy Cross Church in Hattula — and in 1933 he named his first daughter Hattula.
1931
Meets Sibylle Pietzsch
Moholy-Nagy met the actress and scriptwriter Sibylle Pietzsch, who became his wife and companion for the rest of his life and later an art and architectural historian. Together they made the now-classic film “A Lightplay: Black White Gray”, based on the Light-Space Modulator, as well as “Gypsies” and “Berlin Still Life”.