György Kepes

György Kepes
Technique
ca. 1938
gouache and airbrush on board
(advertising design for Container Corp. of America)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

György Kepes
Responsibility
ca. 1938
gouache and airbrush on board
(advertising design for Container Corp. of America)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

György Kepes
Responsibility
ca. 1938
tear-sheet
(advertising design for Container Corp. of America)
National Museum of American History, Washington DC

György Kepes
Juliet's Shadow Caged
1938
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

György Kepes
Mirrored Eyes
1940
gelatin silver print
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

György Kepes
Paperboard Goes To War
ca. 1940-42
gouache on board
(advertising design for Container Corp. of America)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

György Kepes
One Integrated Flow of Production
ca. 1940-42
gouache and collage on board
(advertising design for Container Corp. of America)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

György Kepes
Folding Cartons Plus
ca. 1940-42
gouache on board
(advertising design for Container Corp. of America)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

György Kepes
Replacement Packaging
ca. 1940-42
gouache and watercolor on board
(advertising design for Container Corp. of America)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

György Kepes
Untitled
1941
gelatin silver print
National Museum of American History, Washington DC

György Kepes
Untitled
1946
gelatin silver print
National Museum of American History, Washington DC

György Kepes
Untitled
1949
gelatin silver print
National Museum of American History, Washington DC

György Kepes
Untitled
1952
gelatin silver print
National Museum of American History, Washington DC

György Kepes
Untitled
1955
gelatin silver print
National Museum of American History, Washington DC

György Kepes
Untitled
1968
lithograph
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

György Kepes
Amethyst Stain
1970
oil paint and sand on canvas
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

György Kepes
Flowering Forms #6
1979
gelatin silver print
Denver Art Museum

from Metamorphoses

[Story of Baucis and Philemon]

    From lofty Roofs the Gods repuls'd before,

Now stooping, enter'd through the little Door:

The Man (their hearty Welcome first express'd)

A common Settle drew for either Guest,

Inviting each his weary Limbs to rest.

But e'er they sat, officious Baucis lays

Two Cushions stuff'd with Straw, the seat to raise;

 Coarse, but the best she had; then rakes the Load

Of Ashes from the Hearth, and spreads abroad

The living Coals; and, lest they shou'd expire,

With Leaves and Barks she feeds her Infant-fire:

It smoaks; and then with trembling Breath she blows,

Till in a cheerful Blaze the Flames arose.

With Brush-wood and with Chips she strengthens these,

And adds at last the Boughs of rotten Trees.

The Fire thus form'd she sets the Kettle on,

(Like burnish'd Gold the little Seether shone)

Next took the Coleworts which her Husband got

From his own Ground, (a small well-water'd Spot;)

She stripp'd the Stalks of all their Leaves; the best

She cull'd, and then with handy-care she dress'd.

High o'er the Hearth a Chine of Bacon hung;

Good old Philemon seiz'd it with a Prong,

And from the sooty Rafter drew it down,

Then cut a Slice, but scarce enough for one;

Yet a large Portion of a little Store,

Which for their Sakes alone he wish'd were more.

This in the pot he plung'd without delay,

To tame the Flesh, and drain the Salt away.

The Time between, before the Fire they sat,

And shorten'd the Delay by pleasing Chat.

– Ovid (43 BC-AD 17), translated by John Dryden (1700)