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Collections

Paul Strand
Hess-Bright Ball Bearings, N.Y.1920

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of two steel ball bearings, one upright and one lying flat, with six loose steel balls scattered on a pale surface
Artist or Maker
Paul Strand
United States, 1890-1976
Title
Hess-Bright Ball Bearings, N.Y.
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1920
Medium
Palladium print
Dimensions
Image (not including black border): 9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.29 × 19.3 cm) Primary support: 9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (25.1 × 20 cm) Secondary support: 18 3/4 × 14 5/16 in. (47.6 × 36.35 cm) Mat: 20 × 15 7/8 in. (50.8 × 40.32 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation and Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.2093
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.