Astralite III
date: label: date made
content: probably 1960s
label: date made
content: 1960s
name: label: maker
content: Peiperl, Adam
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Ref: Adam Peiperl, “Display Device,” U.S. Patent 3,535,805 (Oct. 27, 1970).
label: Description
content: Adam Peiperl, “The Artist’s Explanation,” Washington Post (March 24, 2007), p. A15.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Silver Spring
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Adam Peiperl
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.328875
label: catalog number
content: 328875
label: accession number
content: 277639
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Astrolite, 4 Parts
label: Object Name
content: polarized light demonstration apparatus