Ernest Trova "Trovascope" for MOMA, 1974 skittles 6 3/4" w x 5

6 3/4" w x 5 1/2" d x 5 1/4" t

Charles Allerton and Sons

slightly mysterious thing

there are glued repairs at a couple of corners and to the loop too

The dealer I purchased it from referred to it as an onion box

Ernest Trova "Trovascope" for MOMA, 1974 skittles 6 3/4" w x 5I 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!