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György Kepes
Juliet with One Peacock Feather Eye, Chicago

1938

About the Item

Signed, dated and numbered. Portfolio Twelve Photographs, No. 13 György Kepes was a Hungarian artist born in 1906. He studied painting at the Budapest’s Academy of Fine Arts. In 1937, he taught at the New Bauhaus in Chicago. Kepes was an important figure in the advancement of the relationship between art and science. His work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Tate Gallery in London.
  • Creator:
    György Kepes (1906 - 2001, Hungarian)
  • Creation Year:
    1938
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7 in (17.78 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Dallas, TX
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 0031-031stDibs: LU2155904592
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