Act I: The Birth of Ideas: Whose first leap sparked the celestial spheres
1980, printed 1981
Image not available — this artwork is under copyright
View on museum website →Medium
silver dye bleach print
Dimensions
image: 26.5 × 26.5 cm (10 7/16 × 10 7/16 in.) sheet: 27.94 × 33.02 cm (11 × 13 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John V. Knaus)
Accession Number
2015.19.5302
About the Artist
Arthur Tress
Arthur Tress (born 1940) is an American photographer whose deeply psychological and surrealist-inflected imagery has earned him a distinctive place in the history of fine art photography. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied art history at Bard College before traveling widely — to Japan, Africa, and Europe — absorbing visual traditions far beyond his own cultural background. These experiences pr...