paper schematics (7)
Date1988
Inventory Number2004-1-0268
ClassificationOptics
Subject
Maker
Edwin H. Land
1909 - 1991
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsbox: 1.5 x 55 x 46 cm (9/16 x 21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionSome sort of Mondrian collage, in grey tones, stored in cardboard & tied together.
Inscription indicates either "Short", "Middle" or "Long" for the kind of light that will be projected on these collages (long-wave for red; middle-wave for green; short-wave for blue). A date is indicated: 9-15-88 (and three have a "modified" date also: 4-20-88).
Inscription indicates either "Short", "Middle" or "Long" for the kind of light that will be projected on these collages (long-wave for red; middle-wave for green; short-wave for blue). A date is indicated: 9-15-88 (and three have a "modified" date also: 4-20-88).
In Collection(s)
Signedunsigned
FunctionUsed and designed for Edwin Land's Retinex color vision theory.
ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.
Edwin H. Land
Date: 1955-1980
Object number: 2004-1-0264b
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0501
American
Date: 1975-1985
Accessories: ballast bricks
Object number: 2004-1-0259a
American
Date: 1975-1985
Accessories: ballast bricks
Object number: 2004-1-0259c
Edwin H. Land
Date: 1955-1980
Object number: 2004-1-0264a
American Radio and Research Corporation
Date: 1921
Object number: RS0752