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Object number2015.51.29

Sculptor Aaronel deRoy Gruber (1918 - 2011)

Manufacturer General Electric Company

Date1982

OriginPrinceton, IN

OriginMexico

OriginChina

MediumPlastic; Metal; Rubber; Glass

Credit LineGift of Terry Gruber

DescriptionSculpture made of a square silver-tone (chrome) metal base with square of opaque white plastic on top of the base. Mounted on top of the base is a square silver-tone (chrome) metal frame framing sculpted layers of pink, orange, white, and translucent plastic; the plastic is sculpted in geometric forms of rounded squares and leaf-shapes. The sculpture is motorized and when turned on, the light illuminates the sculpture through the white plastic on top of the base and the sculpted plastic section rotates slowly in a counter-clockwise direction.Dimensions18.25 x 14 x 10.25 in. (46.4 x 35.6 x 26 cm)
InscriptionsSmall white paper tag attached to the cord with handwritten in blue ink "038".
MarksThe silver motor has embossed text on the underside "hurst / PRINCETON, IND. / [electrical diagram] / MODEL CA / PAT NO. / 3205383" and embossed text around the top "HURST MFG. CORP. PRINCETON IND. S 9 80 CSA [logo] / MODEL CA 115V / 60HZ / 5W 1 RPM / .5 MFD".

The light tube has printed text "GE [General Electric logo] F4T5-CW U.S.A." and another item to the right of the light tube has text "Super / Starter".

The on/off switch has raised text on one side "3A-120VAC / COOPER / MEXICO / INSERT SCREWS THIS SIDE / UND. LAB. INC. LIST" and on the other side "3A-120VAC / CSA [logo] / COOPER / MEXICO / UND. LAB. INC. LIST".

The metal prongs have inscribed text on the exterior sides "COOPER / MADE IN CHINA" and logos on the interior faces.
Historical NotesThis sculpture was created by Aaronel deRoy Gruber. Aaronel started to explore working with plastics and Plexiglas in the 1960s, and she became most known as an artist for these colorful, kinetic sculptures. Aaronel deRoy Gruber was a 1940 graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) who majored in costume design. Gruber started out as a painter dedicated to the Abstract Expressionist movement that dominated the mid-20th century and later, beginning in the 1960s, got involved in sculpture working in steel, Uvex, and Plexiglas. In the late 1980s she got involved in photography. Gruber continued working up until her death in 2011. Donor Terry Gruber is the son of Aaronel deRoy Gruber and Irving Gruber.

Related institution Carnegie Mellon University

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