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Telephone
1955 · Plastic
5 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 7 3/4" (14.3 x 14.6 x 19.7 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Siemens & Halske A.G., Munich, Germany
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Siemens & Halske A.G. was a German industrial manufacturer founded in Munich in 1847, renowned for pioneering advances in electrical engineering and telecommunications technology. The company produced telegraphic apparatus, telephone systems, and electrical machinery that shaped modern infrastructure across Europe and beyond. While primarily an engineering and manufacturing enterprise rather than an art practice, Siemens & Halske's industrial design and precision-crafted instruments represent a distinct aesthetic of technical modernity and functional elegance characteristic of 19th-century German industrial culture.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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