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György Kepes
Balance1942

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a luminous white cone shape above sweeping curved lines against a dark background, with a small pale sphere in the lower left
Artist or Maker
György Kepes
Hungary, active United States, 1906-2001
Title
Balance
Date Made
1942
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 15/16 × 11 1/8 in. (35.4 × 28.2 cm) Primary support: 13 15/16 × 11 1/8 in. (35.4 × 28.2 cm) Secondary support: 19 11/16 × 15 9/16 in. (50 × 39.6 cm) Mat: 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1145
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
  • Bauhaus and America: Experiments in Light and Movement. Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2018.
Copyright
© Gyorgy Kepes estate, Juliet Kepes Stone and Imre P. Kepes

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