Unknown Forces
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Katherine Dreier, who was president of the Sociètè Anonyme (an organization of avant-garde artists), believed in art's potential to shape our lives. She promoted her ideas not only in such paintings as Unknown Forces, but also in essays in which she asserted that her work referred to "new cosmic forces coming to the fore which in time [would] . . . change our vision of life as well as that of Art."
Caption
Katherine S. Dreier (American, 1877–1952). Unknown Forces, 1926. Oil on canvas, 24 x 40in. (61 x 101.6cm) frame: 30 x 46 1/4 x 2 in. (76.2 x 117.5 x 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, John B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 34.6077. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Unknown Forces
Date
1926
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
24 x 40in. (61 x 101.6cm) frame: 30 x 46 1/4 x 2 in. (76.2 x 117.5 x 5.1 cm)
Credit Line
John B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Accession Number
34.6077
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