Untitled
Artist
Bernard Siegel
(American, 1916 - 1997)
Dateca. 1945-1948
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 16 7/8 × 13 15/16 inches (42.85 × 35.38 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.151
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "Bernard Siegel"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPhotogram image composed of strands of beads, circular objects with overlapping squares and interlocking gears, and gridded strips of semi-transparent fabric.Exhibition HistoryRotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.
In the years just after the end of World War II, Bernard Siegel studied at the Institute of Design, in Chicago. There, he mastered the photogram technique—the process of making an image without a camera by exposing photographic paper directly to light. Using multiple flashes of light, and the manipulation of various objects to cast shadows, Siegel made works like this of surprising visual complexity.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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