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Angelo Testa
Textile Length, ‘IBM Disks’1952-1956

Not on view
Printed textile with allover repeating pattern of reel-to-reel tape spool motifs in alternating solid tomato-red and black outline on cream ground, with printed text along the bottom edge
Printed textile with repeating pattern of reel-to-reel tape spools in orange-red and cream, alternating between filled orange circles with black hubs and outline-only versions on an off-white ground.
Printed textile with repeating pattern of stylized reel-to-reel disk motifs in orange, black, and white on a cream ground, with text reading "IBM DISKS by angelo testa" along the bottom edge.
Artist or Maker
Angelo Testa
United States, 1921-1984
Title
Textile Length, ‘IBM Disks’
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1952-1956
Medium
Linen plain weave, screenprinted
Dimensions
96 3/4 × 51 7/8 in. (245.75 × 131.76 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.2006.88.5
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Jones, Leslie. Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952–1982. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.