“There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science.” –Thomas Henry Huxley, 

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Copied Gyorgy Kepes, "There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science." --Thomas Henry Huxley, , 1958, acrylic and graphite on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 23 1⁄8 x 17 1⁄8 in. (58.8 x 43.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.157

Artwork Details

Title
“There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science.” –Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientific Education, 1869. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Date
1958
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 23 1⁄8 x 17 1⁄8 in. (58.8 x 43.5 cm)
Markings
mount verso upper center in felt-tipped pen and ink: 119 (written on an angle) mount verso upper center in pencil: (symbol) mount verso lower left in pencil: 119 (written sideways and in a circle) frame recto center left printed: "There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be... frame verso interior upper center in felt-tipped pen and ink: 14 (in a circle) frame verso interior upper center in felt-tipped pen and ink: G-119/CA-17 (written sideways)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
acrylic and graphite on paper mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Abstract
Object Number
1984.124.157
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.157