Andreas Feininger

Magnestism
1944

A black and white image displaying a pattern of iron filings arranged by magnetic fields, creating a central figure-eight or hourglass shape with lines radiating outward.

A black and white image displaying a pattern of iron filings arranged by magnetic fields, creating a central figure-eight or hourglass shape with lines radiating outward.

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Date
1944

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/4in. (24.1 × 18.4 cm)

Accession number
2001.58

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Feininger Family

Rights and reproductions
Copyright TIME/LIFE

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Andreas Feininger
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