Pitt2014.17

Beck and Jung Mural

1971 (Date created)
1971 (Date collected)
Laminated plastic
Kinetic Sculpture
Installations
374 in L 104 in H x 11 in D (Object)
17.5 in W x 23.5 in H (Other (see measurement notes))
Notes: Each panel
Swedish
Laminated plastic over wood, 8- variable tiles mounted in steel grid. Commissioned to design team Holger Bäckström (Beck) & Bo Ljungberg (Jung) by Westinghouse in 1971, the team's first American commission. NBC did a film on the installation of the "Westinghouse Wall" in 1978.
Other Collection
Donated to the University of Pittsburgh from Westinghouse in March 1998
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