1167. Dorothy Morang (American, b.1906), "Space Motion", c.1944; oil/canvas, 22" x 31", signed. New Mexico modernist painter. She was part of the Transcendentalist Painter Group, which included Emil Bisttram. She exhibited at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (1940s), Museum of New Mexico, and the University of New Mexico. 2000-3000

1168. Alexander Corazzo (American/French, 1908-1971), "Abstract", c.1940; 6" x 7", gouache/paper, accompanied by a letter from the artist's wife. Non-objective painter and member of the New Bauhaus. He studied in France at La Martiniere, Lyon (1920-24), and the Conservatoire Nationale de Musique de Lyon (1918-24). He was a member of two non-objective painter's groups: American Abstract Artists (NYC) and the Abstraction-Creation Group (Paris). He exhibited throughout the 1930s-40s at the Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit Institute of Art, Carnegie Institute, San Francisco Museum of Art and the Stendahl Gallery (Los Angeles). 1000-1500

1169. Alexander Corazzo (American/French, 1908-1971), "Abstract", c.1940; 6" x 8", colored drawing/paper, accompanied by a letter from the artist's wife. Important non-objective painter and member of the New Bauhaus. 500-700

1170. Gyorgy Kepes (Hungarian/American, b.1906), "Children at Play", c.1960; oil/canvas, 20" x 24", signed, titled, and dated verso. Kepes was an important figure at the New Bauhaus in Chicago, and worked very closely with Moholy-Nagy. Moholy asked Kepes to join him at the New Bauhaus in 1937, appointed him Head of the Light Workshop, the department which explored the use and manipulation of light. His students experimented with the photogram and photocollage. Kepes exhibited regularly at the School of Design, as well as the Museum of Modern Art, Katherine Kuh Gallery and the Art Institute of Chicago. The influence of the German Bauhaus and Dada artists is evident in his work. He left the Institute of Design in 1943. In 1945, he accepted a position at MIT developing visual design courses. He worked there for the next 30 years, creating the most influential centers of art and visual design in the world. He edited the Vision & Values series published by George Braziller. 2000-3000

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