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| Nom de l'objet : | toy. |
| Titre : | Ingenius "Baby |
| Autre artiste : | Ingenius Technische & Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. |
| Type de l'objet : | Tongue-and-groove assembly system toys. |
| Numéro de catalogue : | QMCA93-F116 |
| Titre de l'exposition : | Exhibited: "Les jouets et la tradition moderniste = Toys and the modernist tradition", Centre canadien d'architecture, Dec. 15, 1993-May 1, 1994. Exhibited: "Toying with architecture: the building toy in the arena of play, 1800 to the present", Katonah Museum of Art., Sept. 28, 1997-Jan. 4, 1998. |
| Date de début de production : | 1920 |
| Description : | 1 construction set (233 pieces) : wood (beech) ; in box 11 x 30 x 20 cm. ;Title from side of box cover. ;Mounted, chromolithographed cover illustration (possibly from another set?), incorporating the words "The new city", with monogram and name "Willrab". ;Set no.: "Baby Nr. 006,895 serie II". ;Set includes design sheets, book of explanatory notes, and sheets of architectural details for cutting. ;At the time of its production, "Ingenius" was advertised as surpassing all other such construction kits in the possibilities it offered for expression, free creative design and artistic effect. ;The toy's accompanying literature, in English, French and German, was edited by its probable designers, architects Wilhelm Heinrich Kreis and C.A. Juengst. They describe the set as both a toy for children and "a modelling box for architects and engineers", among its many other stated functions. While Ingenius "Baby" includes 233 fine beechwood pieces, the "New City" set contained 3000 of these components and could be used for constructions up to 12 feet in height. According to the literature, the sizes of the pieces were determined on the basis of mathematical laws, and the shapes according to the "laws of the architectural and engineering art and of other artistic professions". ;Library copy: accompanied by design sheets for other formats including "Populus", "Minimal", "New City", "Liliput", and "Normal". |
| Sujet ou image : | Wooden toys -- Austria -- Specimens Blocks (Toys) -- Austria -- Specimens Toys -- Austria -- Specimens. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Montréal |
| Province de l'établissement : | Québec |
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