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4 unusual facts about Boris Artzybasheff


Accessory drive

The complexity of an accessory drive and its gears is so great that they were used as a theme by the anthropomorphic illustrator Boris Artzybasheff in advertising for the Avco Lycoming company, who were making drive gearboxes for the Westinghouse J40 engine.

Brubeck Time

According to a 1955 letter written by Avakian to Brubeck, the cover was "designed around the Boris Artzybasheff painting which was on Time magazine's cover of November 8th 1954".

Gobán Saor

The Wonder Smith and His Son is a retelling of fourteen tales about the Gobán Saor, by Ella Young; illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff (1927).

Hydraulic press

Boris Artzybasheff also created a drawing of a hydraulic press, in which the press was created out of the shape of a robot.



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