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Sotomagie
196713 3/8 x 7 x 13 3/8 in. (34 x 17.8 x 34 cm)
Jesus Rafael Soto
Venezuela (Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, 1923 - 2005, Paris, France)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Construction
Credit Line:
Gift of the Charles Rand Penney Foundation
Accession Number:
1975.303
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection
Edition: 50/100
As you walk past this sculpture, pay attention to the two white lines printed on its front surface. What happens to these lines as you move? Do they remain still, or do they seem to jump back-and-forth?
The kinetic illusion that you might have experienced is created by the layering of the two white lines onto black or white stripes. When you change viewing positions, the lines alternately appear and disappear, depending on how they line up with the striped background. This creates a flickering effect, and, as a result, the two white lines appear to jump back and forth.
[Label copy from Seeing in Color and Black and White, 2018]
The kinetic illusion that you might have experienced is created by the layering of the two white lines onto black or white stripes. When you change viewing positions, the lines alternately appear and disappear, depending on how they line up with the striped background. This creates a flickering effect, and, as a result, the two white lines appear to jump back and forth.
[Label copy from Seeing in Color and Black and White, 2018]
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Charles Rand Penney Collection Memorial Art Gallery 2/27/1976 - 3/28/1976
- Seeing in Color and Black-and-White 10/7/2018 - 1/6/2019
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Acquisition: The Charles Rand Penney Foundation Collection. Article Scope: article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 41, Issue Number: 6. Issue Date: February 1976.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Scope: entry. The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1976.