A casual passerby would never notice, but behind the grey wooden exterior of a River Edge home is the place where the iconic children’s toy Colorforms took shape as a business 67 years ago. It’s not ...
NEW YORK — Harry Kislevitz never planned on being a toy maker. He and his wife, Patricia, were artists in postwar Manhattan, living in a railroad apartment on the Upper West Side when they acquired a ...
RIVER EDGE, N.J. — It began when some cash-strapped art students started looking for a low-cost alternative to paint. The search led Harry and Patricia Kislevitz to colorful, paper-thin vinyl that ...
It was the early 1950s in New York City. Two young art students wanted to create works with large expanses of color but found they were using up expensive paint too quickly. They decided to get ...
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum presents “ColorForms,” an exhibition devoted to the exploration of color and abstract form through a variety of media, March 11 through winter 2011. Organized by ...
Toys that are simple in concept and design are often the ones that are remembered most fondly, the ones that endure the test of time. Colorforms, which have “stuck” around for generations, could be ...
On a gray day last Thursday, bright color blazed at the Hirshhorn Museum in the form of a new exhibition, "ColorForms." The show is inspired by the museum's recent acquisitions of the film ...
Planning some holiday travel? Give the children some Colorforms presents and trip time will be so much easier. Enjoyed by children for more than 60 years, Colorforms are a bit different than the vinyl ...
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