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Arthur Siegel
Motion1937

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Vertical abstract painting with a dense network of white and gray angular bands crossing over a black background, forming overlapping tilted squares and triangles

Arthur Siegel, Motion, 1937, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Arthur Siegel
United States, 1913-1978
Title
Motion
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1937
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 11/16 × 10 11/16 in. (34.77 × 27.15 cm) Primary support: 13 11/16 × 10 11/16 in. (34.77 × 27.15 cm) Secondary support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm) Mat: 22 × 18 in. (55.88 × 45.72 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1815
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.
  • Batchen, Geoffrey. Emanations: the Art of the Cameraless Photograph. Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel; Plymouth, New Zealand: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2016.
Copyright
© Arthur Siegel, Courtesey Adam Siegel, The Estate of Arthur Siegel

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