Disks of Newton (Study for "Fugue in Two Colors")

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Disks of Newton (Study for "Fugue in Two Colors")

1912

František Kupka (Czech (active France), 1871–1957)

The title of this work refers to the seventeenth-century English physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered that the light of the sun is composed of the seven colors of the spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Kupka’s radiant composition incorporates circular bands of vibrating color, including the full range of the spectrum as well as white.

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Object Details

Title:

Disks of Newton (Study for "Fugue in Two Colors")

Date:

1912

Artist:

František Kupka (Czech (active France), 1871–1957)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

39 1/2 × 29 inches (100.3 × 73.7 cm) Framed: 41 3/8 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (105.1 x 77.5 x 3.8 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950

Accession Number:

1950-134-122

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

Provenance

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