Robot Art 1959

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Mayfair, London.

At the Kaplan Gallery , Jean Tinguely demonstrates his Meta-Matics machines which produce movement and create their own 'do it your self' abstract art. There are various shots of his weird moving machines which have pens attached to make marks on papers. There are shots of...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
1093
Sort Number:
CP 256
Time in/Out:
01:53:56:00 / 01:57:01:00
Canister:
CP 256
Film ID:
97.35
Issue Date:
23/11/1959

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