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Home>Research>Library>Library Exhibitions>Past>1981-1990>The Art and Science of Color

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# The Art and Science of Color

December 7, 1987–January 22, 1988East Building, Ground Floor, Study Center

The Art and Science of ColorDecember 7, 1987–January 22, 1988

The Art and Science of ColorDecember 7, 1987–January 22, 1988

The Art and Science of ColorDecember 7, 1987–January 22, 1988

The Art and Science of ColorDecember 7, 1987–January 22, 1988

The Art and Science of ColorDecember 7, 1987–January 22, 1988

**This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.**

Original exhibition poster(click to enlarge)

**Overview:** The subject of color sensation, fundamental to the study of the visual arts, has elicited the speculations of philosophers, scientists, and artists for centuries. The library is fortunate to own a number of works on this topic, and put together an exhibition to highlight this part of the collection. Many works are primarily concerned with the physical properties of color (pigment) and their effects on the eye; others, including works by Goethe, Runge, Klee, and Albers, suggest specific applications of these principles to produce a variety of aesthetic responses in the viewer. Several are notable for their attempts to reproduce fine distinctions of color accurately. Of obvious value to conservators and historians, these examples are also of unusual bibliographic interest.

**Organization:** The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art. Susan Clay, acquisitions assistant, and Roger Lawson, head of cataloging, were cocurators.

Original exhibition poster

                  - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
                  - German , 1749 - 1832
                  - Runge, Philipp Otto
                  - German , 1777 - 1810
                  - Klee, Paul
                  - Swiss , 1879 - 1940
                  - Albers, Josef
                  - American , 1888 - 1976

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