Length of Fabric, "IBM Disks" Pattern Designer: Angelo Testa (American, 1921–1984)
Manufacturer: Angelo Testa & Company (American, 1947–84)

1952–56

American Decorative Arts

Not on view

Medium

Linen silk-screened in red and black

Dimensions

52 × 51in. (132.08 × 129.54 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of family, colleagues, and friends in memory of Florence M. Montgomery

Accession Number

2006.145.1

Geography

Manufactured in Chicago, Illinois

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Estate of Angelo Testa; Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, N.J., June 6, 2000, lot 114; purchased by Gary Snyder, New York, 2000; purchased by Cora Ginsburg, LLC, New York, 2000-2006
Bibliography

  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 402–403, no. 287.
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2007): 205–6, ill.

Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Marks

“IBM DISKS [block capitals] by angelo testa [lowercase script],” printed along one selvage edge

Signed

"IBM DISKS [in block capitals] by angelo testa [in lowercase script]" along selvege edge of fabric

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