Five Schools, Built to Deepen · The Bauhaus
Bauhaus Exhibition Postcard — László Moholy-Nagy, 1923
László Moholy-Nagy · Bauhaus exhibition postcard, Weimar, 1923
What it is
A 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.
Why it matters
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.
What to notice
Every element sits on a strict grid; nothing is placed by eye.
A sentence, built like a building.
Provenance
- School
- The Bauhaus (Various)
- Designer
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Format
- Exhibition poster
- Poster published
- Bauhaus exhibition postcard, Weimar, 1923
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-17. Commons catalogs this (and its sibling Farkas Molnár piece) as a 1923 Bauhaus exhibition postcard, not a full wall poster — copy corrected to say so honestly. Same small-format origin likely applies to the already-CLEAR Joost Schmidt piece in this collection; worth a closer look in a future registrar pass, not blocking here.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$29.00
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