Arts & Humanities

Exhibition revives work of pioneering light artist Thomas Wilfred

“Lumia: Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light”, the first exhibition devoted to this pioneering artist in more than 40 years, is now on view at the Yale University Art Gallery.
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'Lumia': Works by light artist Thomas Wilfred

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    Thomas Wilfred, "Study in Depth, Op. 152," 1959. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of Bristol-Myers Squibb by transfer from the National Museum of American History, Behring Center, 2004.
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    Thomas Wilfred sitting at the Clavilux “Model E,” ca. 1924. Sepia-toned photograph. Thomas Wilfred Papers, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
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    Thomas Wilfred, "Lumia Suite, Op. 158," 1963–64. Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund.
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    A detail from a photo of Thomas Wilfred's "Visual Counterpoint, Op. 140," 1950. Carol and Eugene Epstein Collection. Photo by Rebecca Vera-Martinez.
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    Detail from Thomas Wilfred, Unit #50, Elliptical Prelude and Chalice, from the First Table Model Clavilux (Luminar) series, 1928. Yale University Art Gallery. Gift of Thomas C. Wilfred.
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    Thomas Wilfred, "The Clavilux Silent Visual Carillon," 1928. Thomas Wilfred Papers, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

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