Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Preview image of work. cliche-verre, Untitled 10318

1989.21

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Untitled

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Artist

Gyorgy Kepes (Selyp, Hungary, 1906 - 12/29/2001, Massachusetts)

Title

Untitled

Creation Date

1938

Century

20th century

Dimensions

13 15/16 in. x 11 in. (35.4 cm. x 27.9 cm.)

Classification

Photographs

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

cliche-verre

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Copyright

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Accession Number

1989.21

Fascinated by the revelations of twentieth-century science and technology, Kepes argued that artists “need a reunion with…nature, albeit a nature different from that which our fathers knew.” His interest in light as a new medium and his commitment to the use of unconventional strategies to evoke fundamental structures present in the natural world is evident here. In Untitled, a camera-less photograph, Kepes presents a unique print based upon the exposure of a light-sensitive surface to a hand-rendered negative. His artistic practice was greatly informed by his research in developing civilian aerial camouflage for the U.S. Army in 1942.