Painting -Law of Orbiting Velocity (Kepler)
Object Details
- date made
- 1966
- referenced
- Kepler, Johannes
- painter
- Johnson, Crockett
- Description
- This piece is a further example of Crockett Johnson's exploration of Kepler’s first two laws of planetary motion. The ellipse represents the path of a planet, and the white sections represent equal areas swept out in equal times. This work, a silk screen inked on paper board, is signed: CJ66. It is #76 in the series, and it echoes painting #22 (1979.1093.16) and painting #99 (1979.1093.66).
- Location
- Currently not on view
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Crockett Johnson
- Art
- Credit Line
- Ruth Krauss in memory of Crockett Johnson
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1979.1093.50
- catalog number
- 1979.1093.50
- accession number
- 1979.1093
- Object Name
- painting
- Physical Description
- paper board (substrate material)
- wood (frame material)
- Measurements
- overall: 72 cm x 91 cm x 2.5 cm; 28 3/8 in x 35 13/16 in x in
- Record ID
- nmah_694674