Property from a Private European Collection
Jan Kaplický
Space Truss Mk 2
Lot Closed
November 11, 02:11 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private European Collection
Jan Kaplický
Czech, 1937 - 2009
Space Truss Mk 2
with the artist's foundation label in the lower right corner
photomontage and mixed media
image: 58 by 83cm., 22¾ by 32½in.
framed: 76 by 100cm., 30 by 39¼in.
Private collection, Prague (inherited from the artist)
Ivan Margolius, Richard Rogers, Jan Kaplický Drawings, London, 2015, p. 24, illustrated
The present work was realized by the Future Systems architectural firm as a scheme for the Deployable Space Truss Mk 2 (1985), one of a series of projects inspired by the American space exploration programme and submitted to NASA as a research proposal.