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"Olly and Dolly Sisters," László Moholy-Nagy, 1925.
Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a Hungarian-born painter and photographer of the Bauhaus and Constructivist schools, who embraced photography as an artistic medium and sought to use it as an art form, rather than just a documentary technology.
The Dolly Sisters were Hungarian-born twins Rosie (1892-1970) and Jenny (1892-1941) who were popular dancers and silent film actresses in the 1920s, famed for their dancing and flamboyant, scandalous lifestyles. While the photograph appears to be one of them, it hints at both with the placement of one to one side and the one black circle hanging in space on the other.
Exactly what he was getting at with this work is anyone's guess, although it eerily prefigures how Jenny would die by suicide in her 40s. However, it's an arresting image, and a great demonstration of how Moholy-Nagy believed that technology and industry can be incorporated into art. He later did a number of innovative installations involving electronics and other technology.
From the Getty Museum.
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