![Hy Hirsh, Untitled [Color Abstraction], circa 1950. Color photograph.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0diin6kb/production/500b6c49ffd73e31a063b90b9bb155c714309fd4-3383x2709.png)
This 1950 color photograph predates the earliest dated Ben Laposky Oscillon prints from 1952, placing Hirsh’s work at the very beginning of oscilloscope-based art.
Provenance
Stephen White, whose Stephen White Gallery acquired a portion of Hirsh’s estate
![Hy Hirsh, Untitled [Color Abstraction], circa 1950: turquoise loops, a blue disk, magenta bands and a white diagonal waveform against black.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0diin6kb/production/430d24c5338fbcb22ac4285797381a40897073f9-579x730.jpg)
![Hy Hirsh, Untitled [Color Abstraction], circa 1950: pale pink rounded forms crossed by red bands above undulating blue-violet waves on a dark field.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0diin6kb/production/84342189be6e0cd314b21d123858274de908fe0b-2275x1805.jpg)
A chain of rounded red pulses rises diagonally through broad blue-green curves, while softer pink and white traces cross a warm amber field. The overlapping oscilloscope waveforms create a sense of depth: the red signal provides a steady rhythm set against the wider sweeps and branching intersections of the blue-green traces.