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Frank Joseph Malina

Orbits III

[printemps 1959]

Frank Joseph Malina
(1912, États-Unis - 1981, France)

Orbits III

[printemps 1959]

Frank J. Malina was an atypical artist. After training as a scientist in aeronautics, he became head of the scientific research division of UNESCO in 1947. In 1953, he began working as an artist on light and movement, and became one of the pioneers of lumino-kinetic art. In 1956, he invented the Lumidyne system: a kinetic picture enclosed in a screen, on which a coloured composition was animated by slow movements, produced by means of an electric mechanism concealed in the picture.

Domain Oeuvre en 3 dimensions | Installation mixte
Techniques

Bois, plexiglas, aluminium, peinture, moteur, métal, éclairage par tubes fluorescents

Dimensions

85 x 65 x 12 cm
Longueur de câble au bas de l'oeuvre : 1,26 m

Acquisition

Achat de l'Etat, 1960
Attribution, 1961

Inventory no. AM 1123 OA

Artist Frank Joseph Malina
(1912, États-Unis - 1981, France)
Main title

Orbits III

Creation date

[printemps 1959]

Domain Oeuvre en 3 dimensions | Installation mixte
Description

Selon l'artiste, "Peinture cinétique" ou "Tableau mobile ou "Lumidyne"

Techniques

Bois, plexiglas, aluminium, peinture, moteur, métal, éclairage par tubes fluorescents

Dimensions

85 x 65 x 12 cm
Longueur de câble au bas de l'oeuvre : 1,26 m

Inscriptions

S.B.DR. : Malina

Notes

Fait partie des Tableaux mobiles, commencés au printemps 1955 à Boulogne-sur-Seine

Acquisition

Achat de l'Etat, 1960
Attribution, 1961

Collection area

Arts Plastiques - Moderne

Inventory no. AM 1123 OA

External links

La collection du Musée national d’art moderne