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AdmittedS.K.F. Industries, Inc., Hartford, CT · Before 1934
This one's called Steel Balls — a design object by S.K.F. Industries, Inc., Hartford, CT, Before nineteen thirty-four. It's nickel-plated steel, about 0.7 by 1.6 meters. You can pick out the crowd.
Medium Nickel-plated steel · Dimensions Dimensions range from a minimum diameter of 3/8" (1 cm) to a max diameter of 1" (2.5 cm) · Credit Gift of the manufacturer
Hanging beside it in Gallery 511: Flush Valve, Self-Aligning Ball Bearing
Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Moulin Rouge
Backdrop
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Catalogue record: MoMA Collection Notes written for momap — not MoMA curatorial text.