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Archimedian Excogitation, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Rhoads, George 1926-  Search this
Medium:
Steel, percussion instruments, billiard and bowling balls
Type:
Sculptures-Kinetic
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Museum of Science Science Park Boston Massachusetts 02114
Date:
1987
Notes:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Summary:
An audiokinetic sculpture that uses machinery to lift balls to the top of a system through which they travel by gravity, activating pendulums, turn wheels, and windmills along the way.
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Control number:
IAS 87740011
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_299611