{"product_id":"color-wheel-marvelous-antique-japanese-ink-and-watercolor-drawing-of-light-ray-machine","title":"Color Wheel! Marvelous Antique Japanese Ink and Watercolor Drawing of \"Light Ray Machine\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePure delight finding this one. While the object depicted feels a bit like a fantasy invention, I am pretty certain it is in fact a real thing, described (based on Google translate) here as a manually operated \u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e\"light ray device.\"\u003c\/span\u003e The belt on the wheel below would spin the colorfully segmented disk above to create the effect of persistence of vision, a blurring and merging of colors. From the pre-cinematic era I believe, when experiments in color theory and optical perception were rich terrain. Feels very Duchampian too. C. late 19th\/early 20th c.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 3\/4\" x 9 3\/8\". Ink and watercolor on washi paper. Good condition, with one small worm hole to the left of lower wheel as detailed. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49010810519806,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_5352_f8c6ee66-41b0-4fea-b78e-b658bac7e08b.jpg?v=1789500078","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/color-wheel-marvelous-antique-japanese-ink-and-watercolor-drawing-of-light-ray-machine","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}