Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series / Frank Stella
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.1
- Title
- Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series
- Artist
- Frank Stella
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Pop Art
- Inscription
- On copper plate attached to the back of the relief: Engraved: F. Stella Numbered and dated.
- Dimensions
- 72 cm x 60.5 cm x 29 cm (28 3/8 in. x 23 13/16 in. x 11 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- assemblage
- Secondary Object Classification
- Mixed Media
- Physical Description
- Wall relief sculpture created from wood, irregularly shaped metal objects, and found objects—including steel rods, ratcheted discs and a paintbrush.
- Subject Matter
- One from a nine-piece series of wall reliefs by Stella created in the early 1980s. Playskool refers to the popular early-learning toys produced for children by the Fisher-Price Company. Stella created his own visual Tinker-Toy, which encourages viewers to perform mental gymnastics, a kind of “jungle gym” for viewers to exercise their minds.
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- found objects
- junk sculpture
- neo-dada
- play (recreation)
- pop art
- toys (recreational artifacts)
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- culture and related concepts
- culture-related concepts
- found object sculpture
- genres
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- recreation
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 909 x 1053
- File Size
- 60 KB
- Record
- 1989/2.1
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1989-sl-2.1/1989_2.1.jpg
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"Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series; Frank Stella." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1989-sl-2.1/1989_2.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.
