The Human Eye—A Living Camera
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- Design featuring a multicolored scientific depiction of an eyeball with a diagram demonstrating how the mechanisms of the eye imitate a camera in the upper portion of the composition. A blue eye, with a brown eyebrow, appears in the center of the composition. Two additional illustrated diagrams appear at bottom: one showing how inverted images on the retinas of eyes are brought together to form an upright object and another showing the muscles of the eye that allow the eyes to turn in any direction or converge. The design contains a solid yellow background and explanatory text alongside the illustrations. Printed in black ink, upper left: The human eye—a living camera.
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- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Name
- Designer: Herbert Bayer, American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985 Client: Life, New York, New York, USA
- Identifier
- Accession Number: s-e-3418
- Dates
- Date: 1939
- Physical Description
- Medium: Offset lithograph on glossy white paper
- Additional Info
- See more items in: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection See more items in: Exhibitions Department Credit Line: Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors made in: New York, NY, USA Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply Copyright Notice: © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
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Design featuring a multicolored scientific depiction of an eyeball with a diagram demonstrating how the mechanisms of the eye imitate a camera in the upper portion of the composition. A blue eye, with a brown eyebrow, appears in the center of the composition. Two additional illustrated diagrams appear at bottom: one showing how inverted images on the retinas of eyes are brought together to form an upright object and another showing the muscles of the eye that allow the eyes to turn in any direction or converge. The design contains a solid yellow background and explanatory text alongside the illustrations. Printed in black ink, upper left: The human eye—a living camera.
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http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/294529
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer: Herbert Bayer, American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985
Client: Life, New York, New York, USA
Accession Number: s-e-3418
Date: 1939
Medium: Offset lithograph on glossy white paper
See more items in: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
See more items in: Exhibitions Department
Credit Line: Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
made in: New York, NY, USA
Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply
Copyright Notice: © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
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