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Alumascape model

Object number2015.51.35

Sculptor Aaronel deRoy Gruber (1918 - 2011)

Date1960

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumPlastic; Wood; Paint; Adhesive; Paper; Metal

Credit LineGift of Terry Gruber

DescriptionModel for Alumascape I sculpture. Intersecting geometric forms made of wood and painted gray. The wood pieces are attached to a rounded rectangular translucent plastic base with adhesive and metal pegs.Dimensions10 x 7.5 x 23.375 in. (25.4 x 19.1 x 59.4 cm)
MarksTwo paper adhesive labels at one end of the base with black printed text: top label reads "aaronel deroy gruber / 2409 marbury road / pittsburgh, pa. 15221" and the bottom label reads "ALUMASCAPE MODEL".
Historical NotesThis sculptural model was made by Aaronel deRoy Gruber in preparation for her Alumascape I sculpture. Aaronel was influenced by sculpture David Smith to use peices of steel from her husband's mills to explore sculpture. She often worked with rounded square shapes. 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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