Disks of Newton (Study for "Fugue in Two Colors")
František Kupka, Czech (active France), 1871 - 1957
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1912Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
39 1/2 x 29 inches (100.3 x 73.7cm) Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
1950-134-122Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1912Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
39 1/2 x 29 inches (100.3 x 73.7cm) Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1950-134-122Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950

A replica of this work is featured in Inside Out, a series of outdoor exhibitions throughout the region.
Label:
The title of this work refers to the seventeenth-century English physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered that the light of the sun is composed of the seven colors of the spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Kupka’s radiant composition incorporates circular bands of vibrating color, including the full range of the spectrum as well as white.
The title of this work refers to the seventeenth-century English physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered that the light of the sun is composed of the seven colors of the spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Kupka’s radiant composition incorporates circular bands of vibrating color, including the full range of the spectrum as well as white.