Composition 1960 #7
Catalogue
- Year
- 1960
- Medium
- Metallic ink on paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 3 1/16 x 5 1/16" (7.8 x 12.8 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- La Monte Young
Artist
Mixed Media
La Monte Young is an American composer and sound artist born in 1935 who pioneered sustained-tone minimalism and experimental music in the 1960s. His work abandons traditional harmonic progression in favor of long, continuous frequencies and microtonal intervals, often held for extended periods to expose the acoustic and perceptual dimensions of sound itself. Young's practice encompasses both notated compositions for instruments and immersive installations using sine-wave generators, establishing him as a foundational figure in postwar avant-garde music and the development of drone and minimalist aesthetics.
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- La Monte Young
- Year
- 1960
- Medium
- Metallic ink on paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 3 1/16 x 5 1/16" (7.8 x 12.8 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1960-M090458
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified