The Machine: As Seen at the End of Mechanical AgeOffers selections from a Museum of Modern Art exhibition of works by artists of the Western World chosen as being comments on technology. Includes pieces by Calder, Duchamp, Kienholz, Picabia, Stankiewicz, Tinguely, and others, which utilize a variety of objects and materials, some being kinetic or motorized. |
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| Title | The Machine: As Seen at the End of Mechanical Age |
| Authors | Pontus Hultén, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) |
| Contributors | University of St. Thomas (Houston, Tex.), San Francisco Museum of Art |
| Publisher | Museum of Modern Art, 1968 |
| Length | 216 pages |
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