Installation Design for the Exhibition "Blood Flames"

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Installation Design for the Exhibition "Blood Flames"

1947

Frederick Kiesler (American (born Austria-Hungary), 1890–1965)

In 1947 Kiesler designed the exhibition Blood Flames at the Hugo Gallery in New York, which included the work of Arshile Gorky, David Hare, Roberto Matta, and Isamu Noguchi. Kiesler transformed the gallery’s small rooms into an “endless” space through the use of color. Differences between floors, ceiling, and walls were removed through the use of continually flowing, colorful divisions. The unified environment foreshadows Kiesler’s Endless House concept of interior design. A photograph of Blood Flames suggests that the odd structure shown in this drawing was a projection from a wall, possibly surrounding a painting.

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Object Details

Title:

Installation Design for the Exhibition "Blood Flames"

Date:

1947

Artist:

Frederick Kiesler (American (born Austria-Hungary), 1890–1965)

Medium:

Pen and black ink, and opaque watercolor on cream card stock

Dimensions:

Sheet: 10 1/8 x 13 7/8 inches (25.7 x 35.2 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Gift of Ronnie L. and John E. Shore, 2010

Accession Number:

2010-221-24

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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