
Installation view of Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television, May 1, 2015 – September 20, 2015. © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald

Man Ray, Indestructible Object, 1923/1965, mixed media assemblage. The Newark Museum, purchase, 2000, The Alberto Burri Memorial Fund, established by Stanley J. Seeger. Artwork © Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris; digital image © Museum of Modern Art / licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY.

Installation view of Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television, May 1, 2015 – September 20, 2015. © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald

Lee Friedlander, Florida, 1963, gelatin silver print. Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco and Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York. © Lee Friedlander / Image provided by Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Still from The Dinah Shore Show, NBC, 1952 and 1953, stage sets based on modern art: Surrealism. Library of Congress Look Archives

Still from the opening credits of The Twilight Zone, Season 1, November 20, 1959. Image provided by CBS via Getty Images

Installation view of Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television, May 1, 2015 – September 20, 2015. © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald

Installation view of Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television, May 1, 2015 – September 20, 2015. © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald

Goldie Hawn in Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In; the show ran from 1968–1973. Image provided by The Kobal Collection at Art Resource, New York

Batman and Robin, 1966. Image provided by 20th Century Fox / The Kobal Collection at Art Resource, New York

Roy Lichtenstein, Sweet Dreams, Baby! 1965, screenprint. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, gift of Dr. Joseph Clive Enos Ill (PA 1960), 2010.69 © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein / Art Resource, New York

Andy Warhol, Get Smart cover for TV Guide, March 5, 1966. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Images courtesy The Jewish Museum
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