Lumia : Thomas Wilfred and the art of light / Keely Orgeman ; with a foreword by James Turrell ; and essays by Maibritt Borgen [and three others].

"'Lumia' presents a long-overdue reevaluation of the groundbreaking artist Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), whose unprecedented works prefigured light art in America. As early as 1919, many years before the advent of consumer television and video technology, Wilfred began experimenting with light as his...

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Main Author:	Orgeman, Keely (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Yale University. Art Gallery (Issuing body, Host institution, Organizer, Publisher), Smithsonian American Art Museum (Host institution)
Other Authors:	Turrell, James (writer of foreword.), Borgen, Maibritt (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, CT : Yale University Art Gallery, 2017.
Subjects:	Wilfred, Thomas, > 1889-1968 > Exhibitions. Wilfred, Thomas, > 1889-1968. > Works. Wilfred, Thomas, > 1889-1968. Light in art > 20th century. Light in art. Lichtkunst. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated works.
Genre:	Exhibitions. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated works.
Physical Description:	172 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 28 cm
Variant Title:	Thomas Wilfred and the art of light
Format:	Book