Object Details
- Peiperl, Adam
- Description
- Adam Peiperl (1935-2019) was a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust and, with his family, moved to the United States in 1953. He graduated from George Washington University in 1957, and then worked as an artist, scientist, and language translator. The Astralite was one of his kinetic sculptures.
- Ref: Adam Peiperl, “Display Device,” U.S. Patent 3,535,805 (Oct. 27, 1970).
- Adam Peiperl, “The Artist’s Explanation,” Washington Post (March 24, 2007), p. A15.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Adam Peiperl
- probably 1960s
- 1960s
- ID Number
- PH.328875
- catalog number
- 328875
- accession number
- 277639
- Object Name
- Astrolite, 4 Parts
- polarized light demonstration apparatus
- place made
- United States: Maryland, Silver Spring
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1167315
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-400a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
