Frank J. Malina (1912-1981): Kinetic Multiple 982

Artist
Frank J. Malina
 
Title
Kinetic Multiple 982
 
Medium
Mixed media
 
Material 
Paper
 
Dimensions
28 x 25 cm
 
Editor
Edition Panderma, Basel
 
Year
1966
 
Signature
Signed, dated, numbered and named in pencil (Ed. 150 ex.)
 
Provenance
Edition Panderma, Carl Laszlo, Basel
Galerie von Bartha, Basel
Private Collection, Basel
 
Condition / Restauration 
mint archival condition 
 
Frank J. Malina is considered by some to be the father of modern rocketry. Born on October 2, 1912, in Brenham, Texas to Czech immigrants, his life was a rare combination of science and art. In 1934, Malina received a graduate fellowship from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he quickly became involved with its Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory (GALCIT). In his dissertation he examined the problems of rocket propulsion and sounding rocket flight performance. Malina served as an assistant professor at Caltech from 1942 until 1946. (source: NASA)