VE505 table fan, 1954-1960
Ezio Pirali; Manufacturer: Zerowattexpand_more
Aluminum, chrome, rubber, electrical wiringexpand_more
Gift of funds from Kathleen Bendelexpand_more 2001.81
Not on Viewexpand_more
To disperse air in a hot, stagnant room, a fan needs a set of elevated, whirling blades. In his elegant design for this table fan, Ezio Pirali shaped the blades like those of an airplane propeller and surrounded the fan with two intersecting rings, which suggest the path of planets around a sun, or perhaps the atom, whose electrons orbit its nucleus. While elegant, they would have done little to shield the blades from curious fingers.
Details
- Title
- VE505 table fan
- Artist Life
- born 1921
- Role
- Designer
- Accession Number
- 2001.81
- Curator Approved
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