GENERAL DESCRIPTION
By the 1920s, Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, first published in the 1910s, invalidated Sir Isaac Newton’s version of time as a uniform absolute. Because of this, many artists and writers developed a fascination with the subjective experience of time. In Watch (1925; 1963.75.FA), Gerald Murphy engaged his own preoccupation with time. Murphy once expressed that he was, “always struck by the mystery and depth of the interiors of a watch—its multiplicity, variety, and feeling of movement and man’s grasp at perpetuity.” Moreover, Murphy’s father designed the first wristwatch after a British infantry officer told him that the pocket watch he carried was too unwieldy for trench warfare.
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"Gerald Murphy, Watch," DMA Connect, Dallas Museum of Art, 2012.
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Started this note while cleaning up my CC on Gerald and Sara Murphy and needing to pull out some sections for CCs.
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Can use one of the watch studies as the CC illustration: 8662291: UMO
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General Description
By the 1920s, Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, first published in the 1910s, invalidated Sir Isaac Newton’s version of time as a uniform absolute. Because of this, many artists and writers developed a fascination with the subjective experience of time. In Watch (1925; 1963.75.FA), Gerald Murphy engaged his own preoccupation with time. Murphy once expressed that he was, “always struck by the mystery and depth of the interiors of a watch—its multiplicity, variety, and feeling of movement and man’s grasp at perpetuity.” Moreover, Murphy’s father designed the first wristwatch after a British infantry officer told him that the pocket watch he carried was too unwieldy for trench warfare.
Excerpt from
"Gerald Murphy, Watch," DMA Connect, Dallas Museum of Art, 2012.
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Notes
Started this note while cleaning up my CC on Gerald and Sara Murphy and needing to pull out some sections for CCs.
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