Optischer Farbmischer [toy] = Mélange-couleurs par illusion d'optique = Optical colour-mixer / design Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack.
[ca. 1980] (Zeiningen : Kurt Naef)
1 spinning top : wood, metal ; 12 cm. high + 7 cardboard rings (5 col.) and 1 information sheet all in cardboard box 11 x 11 x 11 cm.
Exhibited: "Les jouets et la tradition moderniste = Toys and the modernist tradition", Centre canadien d'architecture, Dec. 15, 1993-May 1, 1994.
Exhibited: "Les jouets et la tradition moderniste = Toys and the modernist tradition", Centre canadien d'architecture, Dec. 15, 1993-May 1, 1994.
Optischer Farbmischer was designed to demonstrate the effects of colour mixing by the placement of different colour-printed rings on a gyrating top. Text on the verso of each numbered ring explains its optical effects, with some making reference to authors of colour theories: Rembrandt, Goethe, Schopenhauer, and Bezold.
The literature accompanying the toy describes it as "very typical of the didactic intentions of the Bauhaus", emphasizing the importance of the new approach of the Bauhaus to art education, as well as its influence on the shaping of architecture, design and painting.
Wooden toys Switzerland Specimens.
Toys Switzerland Specimens.
Jouets en bois Suisse Spécimens.
Jouets Suisse Spécimens.
Toys.
Wooden toys.
Switzerland.
Specimens.
Hirschfeld-Mack, Ludwig, 1893-1965.
Bauhaus-Archiv.
Naef AG.
Mélange-couleurs par illusion d'optique.
Optical colour-mixer.
Location: Library main jouets et jeux 189119
Call No.: TS2301.T7.W6 N341 1980
Status: Available
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