Relief à déplacement continuel
Hugo Demarco (Buenos Aires 1932-1995)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1967
Materials
Laminate plastic, plastic and steel
Measurements
302 x 300 x 130 mm
Order this imageCollection
2 Willow Road, London (Accredited Museum)
On show at
2 Willow Road, London, London and South East, National Trust
NT 112664
Summary
A kinetic sculpture, ‘Metal Rings’, [Relief à déplacement continuel ] by Hugo Demarco (1932-1995), comprising a rectangular wooden box with black laminate face, to which are affixed steel flat rings which rotate eccentrically at different speeds, when electric power is switched on. Perspex back, white plastic clad electricity cable issues from underside.
Provenance
‘Demarco, dynamique de l'image’, Galerie Denise René, Paris, April-May 1968. Denise René à Londres. Abstraction Géométrique, Lumière et Mouvement, Art Optique et Cinétique, Redfern Gallery, no. 44 Acquired in 1970 for £100 by Ernö Goldfinger (1902-1987) and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, Mrs Ernö Goldfinger (1909 - 1991). Bequeathed to the National Trust, formally acquired in 1994.
Credit line
National Trust Collections (2 Willow Road, The Ernő Goldfinger Collection)
Makers and roles
Hugo Demarco (Buenos Aires 1932-1995), artist