Bauhaus Exhibition Postcard — László Moholy-Nagy, 1923
László Moholy-Nagy, 1923
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 20% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA László Moholy-Nagy typographic design for the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition, issued as one of the school’s own promotional postcards — built entirely from type and geometric rule lines, no imagery. The Bauhaus treated typography itself as a design subject, at any scale — a postcard could argue the school’s point as seriously as a wall poster. Every element sits on a strict grid; nothing is placed by eye. A sentence, built like a building.
- Maker
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Date
- 1923
- Medium of the original
- Exhibition poster
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00895
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | 113 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | 75 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 56 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | 45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 37 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | 22 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 904 x 1,413 px, srgb, sRGB IEC61966-2.1
- Tone
- Darks 17, lights 236 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0.4% vivid
- Sharpness
- 2.87
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