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FRANK TINSLEY (1899-1965)
WHY DON'T WE BUILD ... FLOATING AIRPORTS?
signed and dated FRANK TINSLEY '52 (lower left)
gouache and graphite on board
191⁄2 x 261⁄4 in. (49.5 x 66.7 cm.) (sight)
Executed in 1952.
Provenance
Norman Brosterman (b. 1952), New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 2001.
Literature
Frank Tinsley, "Why Don't We Built ... Floating Airports", Mechanix Illustrated, December 1952, pp. 64-65, illustrated.
Norman Brosterman, Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future (New York, 2000), p. 68, illustrated.
Exhibited
Tacoma, Washington, Washington State Historical Society, Out of Time: Designs for the 20th Century Future, 11 November 2000- 7 January 2001; also, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan Historical Museum, 27 January-25 March 2001; New York, New York Historical Society, 14 April-10 June 2001; Laramie, Wyoming, University of Wyoming Art Museum, 30 June-26 August 2001; Fargo, North Dakota, Plains Art Museum, 1 December 2001-27 January 2002; Springfield, Massachusetts, 5 October-1 December 2002.
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