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The Clavilux Silent Visual Carillon, 1928
gouache and watercolor on paper, mounted on cardboard
By the late 1920s, having performed on the Clavilux in Canada, Europe, and the United States to great acclaim, Wilfred envisioned building a Clavilux-like instrument inside a tower that would project light onto curved screens installed on top of a skyscraper. The effect, he believed, would be a radiant, three-dimensional dome he called the Clavilux Silent Visual Carillon.
Thomas Wilfred Papers, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Librar |