NCFA records relating to Synchroma machine
name: label: Creator
content: National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)
label: Names
content: National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986
label: Names
content: Elliott, Stanley B.
label: Names
content: Guilbeau, Honore (Honore Cooke), 1907-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Kinetic artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Synchroma
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Adelyn Breeskin represented NCFA in this gift to the Archives.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The National Collection of Fine Arts, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, changed its name through an act of Congress to the National Museum of American Art in 1980. The Syncroma machine creates constantly changing visual images using sonic inputs supplied by the artist.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 21 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.naticoll
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3161 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Records relating to a possible demonstration and exhibition of a Synchroma machine at the National Collection of Fine Arts. Correspondence is between Adelyn Breeskin and Jan Mulhert of the museum's 20th century department and inventors Stanley Elliott and Honore Guilbeau. Photographs, descriptive statements, and clippings are also included.