Vision in Motion, 1947 1st Edition [Laszlo Moholy-Nagy]

Vision in Motion by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 1947, 1st ed. ID Book, Institute of Design, Paul Theobald and Company, Chicago. 8.75 x 11.25, pp. 376 with English text. Typographic design by Moholy-Nagy.

This “blue-print of education through art” for the entire first half of the 20^th century was first published posthumously in 1947, one year after Moholy-Nagy’s death in Chicago. Its contemporary spirit continues to illuminate his modern approaches and methods towards interdisciplinary education: film, design, architecture, photography, painting, literature and the sciences; first set in motion at the Bauhaus, Dessau and continued at Chicago's Institute of Design. In Vision in Motion, Moholy-Nagy makes a passionate plea for the integration of contemporary art, technology, and science.

With a Foreword, Table of Contents, Acknowledgment, and Introduction. Sections include: I. Analyzing the Situation: Vision in Motion; II. New Method of Approach–Design For Life; III. New Education–Organic Approach; and IV. A Proposal. Heavily illustrated with 440 examples of student and faculty work; some full-page and in color.

The oatmeal cloth hardcover book is in very good condition with minor darkening along the top edge and endpapers. A 1” ding/bend to the lower pages near the gutter throughout. The price-clipped dust jacket includes some soiling, a small closed tear and light wear to the corners and edges. A rare, 1st edition in its’ original, complete dust jacket – one of the nicest we've encountered.