Ernest Trova 1974 Museum of Modern Art Falling Man "Trovascope" Kaleidoscope master mason certificate these were made

these were made

From this luscious old white paint on the horse

or a whimsy of two

Signed by a Mary Austen

Ernest Trova 1974 Museum of Modern Art Falling Man "Trovascope" Kaleidoscope master mason certificate these were madeI'd never seen one of these "Trovascopes" designed by artist Ernest Trova (1927 2009) for the Museum of Modern Art in 1974 and think it's way cool; more artists should design kaleidoscopes, I'd say! Trova, though, was especially well suited to creating a very graphically satisfying one, with his "falling man" silhouettes lending themselves to all sorts of interesting kaleidoscopic permutations! With an array of other smaller shapes in primary colors,