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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.27
People
Gyorgy Kepes, Hungarian (Selyp, Hungary 1906 - 2001 Cambridge, MA)
Title
Descending Light
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1960
Culture
Hungarian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228328

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil and sand on canvas
Dimensions
182.88 x 121.92 cm (72 x 48 in.)
framed: 186.1 x 125.4 cm (73 1/4 x 49 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Inscr. on back: G. Kepes Descending Light

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gyorgy Kepes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Gyorgy Kepes
Copyright
© Estate of György Kepes
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
1963.27
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • circa 1963, Sert Gallery, Cambridge, 09/01/2012 - 10/07/2012

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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