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György Kepes letterhead (Letter to Arthur Cohen)
1982 · Letterpress
11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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György Kepes
Artist
PhotographyPhotography
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None documented
11
Institutional Exhibitions
17
Works in Collection
29
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90%
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1962
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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
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Photographs from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
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Signs in the Street
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954
About
Why this artist matters now
György Kepes was a Hungarian-American artist and designer whose practice spanned photography, painting, light installation, and graphic design. A key figure in postwar American modernism, he developed a systematic approach to visual organization rooted in Gestalt psychology and the integration of art with architecture and urban space. His work emphasized the constructive potential of light, color, and geometric form as vehicles for both aesthetic and social purpose. Kepes founded the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT, establishing a laboratory model for interdisciplinary art practice that influenced generations of artists and designers.
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