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Neon sign. The neon sign is an evolution of the earlier Geissler tube, [11] which is a sealed glass tube containing a "rarefied" gas (the gas pressure in the tube is well below atmospheric pressure). When a voltage is applied to electrodes inserted through the glass, an electrical glow discharge results.
The neon tubes. Electrical components such as cords and transformers. The work's support structure. Other media included in the work. Neon tubes may partially burn out, and a conservator may identify the burned out portion of a neon artwork through use of a neon light tester, also known as a test light or voltage tester. This electronic test ...
The Museum of Neon Art (MONA) in Glendale, California, United States, is an educational art museum that exists for the preservation, collection, and interpretation of neon art. The first museum devoted to art that incorporates neon lighting , it only exhibits art in electric media, including kinetic art and outstanding examples of historic neon ...
The sign was designed in 1936 for the Nycander factory premises by artist Jim Minogue (who would go on to build the Nylex Clock in 1961), employed by Electric Signs, later called Whitewall Neon, then Claude Neon (after Georges Claude). As was usual practice, Electric Signs built and operated the sign, for which Nycander paid an annual rent.
A neon light art installation in Bangkok The vicinity of Times Square, New York City, has been famous for elaborate lighting displays incorporating neon signs since the 1920s. Piccadilly Circus, London, 1962. Neon lighting consists of brightly glowing, electrified glass tubes or bulbs that contain rarefied neon or other gases.
Drawing of Geissler tubes illuminated by their own light, from 1868 French physics book, showing some of the many decorative shapes and colors Modern recreation of a Geissler tube in a museum A Geissler tube is a precursor to modern gas discharge tubes , demonstrating the principles of electrical glow discharge , akin to contemporary neon ...
The Neon Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors on 2.27 acres (0.92 ha).Efforts to establish a neon sign museum were underway in the late 1980s, but stalled due to a lack of resources.
The White Stag sign, also known as the "Portland Oregon" sign, is a lighted neon-and-incandescent-bulb sign located atop the White Stag Building, at 70 NW Couch Street in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, facing the Burnside Bridge. The sign faces westbound traffic as it enters downtown Portland coming across the Willamette River.