Rhythmicon
Photograph
Rhythmicon
ca. 1931
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 7 1/2 × 5 13/16 in. (19.1 × 14.8 cm)
Gift of Henry Verby
1977.0760.0069
Inscriptions Signed in pencil on mount recto: Imogen Cunningham
Inscribed in black in on separate matt, verso: Innards of Henry Cowell's \ Rhythmicon [underlined] (the rheostat, etc.) This was an instrument \ devised by H.C. using the electric eye to produce several simultaneous \ rhythms [sic] - 5 against 3 against 11 to the measure, for instance. \ It was built to his specifications by Leon Theremis in 1931. Photo by \ Imogene [sic] Cunningham, California
Inscribed in black in on separate matt, verso: Innards of Henry Cowell's \ Rhythmicon [underlined] (the rheostat, etc.) This was an instrument \ devised by H.C. using the electric eye to produce several simultaneous \ rhythms [sic] - 5 against 3 against 11 to the measure, for instance. \ It was built to his specifications by Leon Theremis in 1931. Photo by \ Imogene [sic] Cunningham, California
