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[Constructing Forms in Transit]

[Constructing Forms in Transit]

Collection: Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Date: 1964 Material: height: 3 1/2 x width: 3 1/2 inches
Creator: unknown Identifier: aql:2223 T2014.4.9WF64 QMOA

Description: Assembly workers in the process of welding and fabricating Theodore Roszak's "Forms in Transit" sculpture, commissioned for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. The 43 foot long work compromised of welded aluminum, steel, and sheet metal dovetailed with the Fair's celebration of space travel.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : unknown

Date : 1964

Summary/Description : Assembly workers in the process of welding and fabricating Theodore Roszak's "Forms in Transit" sculpture, commissioned for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. The 43 foot long work compromised of welded aluminum, steel, and sheet metal dovetailed with the Fair's celebration of space travel.

Subject : Sculpture; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Building; Transportation Area

Rights : This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.

Coverage : Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : color prints (photographs)

Format : height: 3 1/2 x width: 3 1/2 inches

Identifier : aql:2223 T2014.4.9WF64 QMOA

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Subject:
Sculpture; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Building; Transportation Area
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.


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