File:Optical Toy, Phenakistiscope Disc with Geometric Shapes, ca. 1840 (CH 18607983)-R.gif

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English: Phenakistiscope designed by Josef Bermann, ca. 1840

Other languages

العربية: فيناكيستيسكوب من تصميم جوزيف بيرمان حوالي عام 1840

Čeština: Fenakistiscop autora Josefa Bermanna z roku přibližně 1840.

English: Phenakistiscope designed by Josef Bermann, ca. 1840

Français : Un phénakistiscope créé par Josef Bermann vers 1840.

Эрзянь: Фенакистископ конань арсизеть-теизеть Джозеф Берманну, 1840 иестэ.

Українська: Фенакістископ Йозефа Бермана (бл. 1840).

Summary

Artist

Unknown artist

Author

Unknown author

Description

English: Paper disc with a hole in the center, 10 rectangular perforations evenly spaced along perimeter for viewing. In the outermost ring, several still images show a small black circle passing forward over a red and white circle. In the innermost ring, a black and yellow circle rotate around the edges of a blue and red layered star.

Українська: Фенакістископ Йозефа Бермана (бл. 1840).

Čeština: Fenakistiscop autora Josefa Bermanna z roku přibližně 1840.

Français : Un phénakistiscope créé par Josef Bermann vers 1840.

Эрзянь: Фенакистископ конань арсизеть-теизеть Джозеф Берманну, 1840 иестэ.

Date

circa 1840

Medium

hand-colored lithograph on paperboard

Dimensions

H x diam.: 25 × 25 cm (9 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Collection

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

	Native name	Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
	Parent institution	Smithsonian Institution
	Location	New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 47′ 05″ N, 73° 57′ 29″ W
	Established	1964
	Website	www.cooperhewitt.org
	Authority file	: Q1129820 VIAF: 156924364 ISNI: 0000000406043167 LCCN: n80056822 Open Library: OL545974A SUDOC: 031882668 WorldCat

Current location

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design

Accession number

1948-124-4

Notes

Type: optical toy
Inscribed: Printed in black text, surrounding central perforation: Josef Bermann Kunsthandler in Wien Graben 619

Source/Photographer

Catalog Photo

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