Unknown Forces

Katherine S. Dreier

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Katherine Dreier, who was president of the Société 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. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6077_SL1.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Unknown Forces

Date

1926

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

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

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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