Ernest Trova

Study Falling Man / Diminishing Figure 1964

1964

Small square device with circular black dial sits on tall black pedestal, power cord trailing on floor.
Small square device with circular black dial sits on tall black pedestal, power cord trailing on floor.

Ernest Trova, Study Falling Man / Diminishing Figure 1964, 1964. Melamine laminate, birch plywood, silk screen on glass, acrylic, fluorescent light fixture, electric motor, overall: 65 3/8 × 19 × 19 in. (166.1 × 48.3 × 48.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 66.41

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Date
1964

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Melamine laminate, birch plywood, silk screen on glass, acrylic, fluorescent light fixture, electric motor

Dimensions
Overall: 65 3/8 × 19 × 19 in. (166.1 × 48.3 × 48.3 cm)

Accession number
66.41

Credit line
Gift of the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/3059




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