Ernest Trova "Trovascope" for MOMA, 1974 antique fan and looking at it now

and looking at it now I'm thinking it would be a pretty nice piece to make prints or rubbings from

There is some vertical rippling to the paper toward the right side of the image

perhaps next to the matte green of arts and crafts pottery

but I think it makes it even more of a special thing and great addition to a collection of beautiful brushes

and lots of rusting to the nails

Ernest Trova "Trovascope" for MOMA, 1974 antique fan and looking at it nowI found one of these several months ago, and will buy others if I find them as I think they're excellent. It is a "Trovascope" designed by artist Ernest Trova (1927 2009) for the Museum of Modern Art in 1974. I think more artists should design kaleidoscopes, but Trova was especially well suited to creating a very graphically satisfying one, with his "falling man" silhouettes lending themselves to all sorts of interesting kaleidoscopic permutations!