Untitled Photogram
György Kepes
American, born Hungary, 1906–2001

Details
Title
Untitled Photogram
Artist/Maker
György Kepes (American, born Hungary, 1906–2001)
Date
1937–1938
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
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Credit
Purchase with funds from Charlotte Dixon
Accession #
2005.314
On View
Currently not on view
While teaching at the Institute of Design in Chicago Gyorgy Kepes embarked on a variety of light experiments, including the production of many photograms. To create a photogram objects are placed on a sheet of photosensitive paper, which is then exposed to light. The objects cast a range of shadows depending on their translucency and the intensity of the light. Kepes skillfully combined natural and man-made forms and developed a balance between realism and abstraction in his photograms, which are among the most dazzling and inventive works of the period.
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