Intercircles
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
The works in Erwin Hauer’s Continua in the Plane series, of which Intercircles is a part, exhibit a continuity of surface and a sense of potentially infinite expansion. The sculptural forms reveal themselves in various organic patterns as the viewer moves around the work. Although this is an independent piece of sculpture, leading architects and designers of the era, such as Edward Durell Stone, Florence Knoll, and Philip Johnson, incorporated similar works into their interiors as room dividers or light-diffusing walls.
Caption
Erwin Hauer Austrian, born 1926. Intercircles, 1957; cast 1971. Enamelled aluminum, 32 x 40 x 5 in. (81.3 x 101.6 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, 2000.28. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2000.28_transp775.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Intercircles
Date
1957; cast 1971
Medium
Enamelled aluminum
Classification
Dimensions
32 x 40 x 5 in. (81.3 x 101.6 x 12.7 cm)
Signatures
Signed on right side, near lower corner (punched into the edge of the casting): "HAUER 1957 3-5 CAST 1971"
Credit Line
Gift of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
Accession Number
2000.28
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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