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    		• Bayer, Herbert,
     
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    		• Aluminum Company of America,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Aspen
     
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    		• Kinetic
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    kaleidoscreen, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985, sculptor.
    Aluminum Company of America, fabricator.
    Title: 
    kaleidoscreen, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1957.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: aluminum, painted brown, blue, yellow, white, orange and red; Base: aluminum.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 8 in. x 14 ft. x 3 in.; Base: approx. 6 in. x 17 1/4 ft. x 24 1/4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On panel on base, right:) ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA/THE ALCOA FORECAST/KALEIDOSCREEN/DESIGNED BY HERBERT BAYER
    Description: 
    Sculpture consists of multi-colored screens in geometric shapes on a low, rectangular base.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Aspen
    Kinetic
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Aspen Institute, 845 Meadows Road, Aspen, Colorado 81611
    Remarks: 
    The screens were originally to have rotated in order to vary the design, and also to redirect sun and wind. IAS files include an excerpt from "Herbert Bayer Collection and Archives at the Denver Art Museum," by Gwen F. Chanzit (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988) which includes an illustration of the original concept.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS CO000534
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