About the Artwork
Newton intersperses his fascination with technology and machines with his love of literature and art history. SDX Satellite Delay comments on our preoccupation with technology in a work that is both whimsical and frightening.
SDX Satellite Delay
between 1983 and 1984
Gordon Newton
1948 - 2019
American
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Wood, iron, styrofoam, rubber, polyester resin, and oil paint
Overall: 76 × 41 × 30 inches (193 × 104.1 × 76.2 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. Brooks Barron
1988.24
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1988-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Gordon Newton, SDX Satellite Delay, between 1983 and 1984, wood, iron, styrofoam, rubber, polyester resin, and oil paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. Brooks Barron, 1988.24.
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