Painting -<I>Law of Orbiting Velocity (Kepler)</I>
date: label: date made
content: 1966
name: label: referenced
content: Kepler, Johannes
label: painter
content: Johnson, Crockett
notes: label: Description
content: This piece is a further example of Crockett Johnson's exploration of Kepler’s first two laws of planetary motion. The ellipse represents the path of a planet, and the white sections represent equal areas swept out in equal times. This work, a silk screen inked on paper board, is signed: CJ66. It is #76 in the series, and it echoes painting #22 (1979.1093.16) and painting #99 (1979.1093.66).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Crockett Johnson
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ruth Krauss in memory of Crockett Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1093.50
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1093.50
label: accession number
content: 1979.1093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper board (substrate material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 cm x 91 cm x 2.5 cm; 28 3/8 in x 35 13/16 in x in