Catherine Barometer
Catherine Barometer substitutes a mechanistic instrument for the body of Katherine S. Dreier, a collector and advocate of modern art. According to the work’s title, this pseudoscientific object might forecast a change in either air pressure or the unpredictable moods of its namesake.
Artwork Details
- Title: Catherine Barometer
- Artist: Man Ray (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1890–1976 Paris)
- Date: 1920
- Medium: Glass, metal, felt, washboard, tube, wire, wood, steel wool, gouache on paper, and paper stamp
- Dimensions: 48 1/8 × 12 × 2 1/8 in. (122.2 × 30.5 × 5.4 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Bluff Collection, Promised Gift of John A. Pritzker
- Rights and Reproduction: © Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2025
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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