Some collectors prefer the aesthetics and design of a beautiful timepiece that you can set on a table — “a mechanical sculpture,” as one put it. Share full article The Arachnophobia clock, from a ...

Electronic components are strictly functional objects: their appearance is determined by the function they’re meant to fulfil. But that doesn’t mean there’s no beauty in them. In fact, a whole ...

There is a new clock that tells each minute of the day through an artwork sourced from the Smithsonian Open Access catalog for art. Aptly titled, Art Clock, the prototype is a user friendly service ...

Even a plank of wood has kinetic possibilities in the art of Tim Hawkinson, whose 2012 “Board Clock” tells the time with an altered knot in its grain, one ring counting the hours, the other the ...

H 18.5 in. x W 15 in. x D 6 in. Each marble garniture measures 5.85 x 8 tall x 4.75 deep Weight around 50 pounds very heavy. Clock with garniture is roughly 29 inches wide. Art Deco decorative bronze ...

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and ...

Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 79-80. National Park Service, American Monuments and ...