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1975 · Europlay

Tanga

Flat chequered blocks of teal, royal blue and dark blue, outdoor sky-blue backdrop behind the figures and no scenery, purely abstract colour fields.

Year
1975
Maker
Europlay
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Vision analysis

On the backglass

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Tanga backglass

Backglass

  • teal
  • blue
  • red
  • white

Fingerprint: TANGA title in red with white outlines, three polka-dot acrobat women in white leotards twisting and falling, lower figure upside-down with lime-green beehive hair and open screaming mouth, tangled red blue pink green ribbons and hoops looping around figures, white score card at top right with six black windows, patchwork background of teal royal blue rectangles

Distinctive

A huge red-and-white logotype sweeping across the upper left, paired with three tumbling polka-dot acrobat women drawn in a bold flat cartoon style. The lower-centre figure falling head-first with a lime-green beehive hairdo and open screaming mouth is the most striking element. Tangled coloured hoops and ribbons loop chaotically around the figures, with a white arrowhead pointing left at mid-height. A white card with six black rectangular windows floats at the upper right like a giant score reel.

Setting

  • Flat chequered blocks of teal, royal blue and dark blue
  • Outdoor sky-blue backdrop behind the figures
  • No scenery, purely abstract colour fields

Symbols

  • Playing-card-like score window card with six black rectangles
  • Red and white arrows
  • Coloured hoops and tangled ribbons
  • Small striped flag motif
  • Red arrow
  • Red oval medallion with numeral 5

Lettering

  • Very large curved red logotype letters with thick white outline and slight shadow, set on a slant; small black uppercase sans-serif plaque lettering on the right

Themes

  • Acrobatics
  • Gymnasts
  • Playful cartoon
  • Abstract colour blocks
  • Juggling and tumbling

Title on it

  • Tanga

Text on it

  • TANGA
  • MAZZING PUNTEDO
  • PALLE di GIOCO
  • 5
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Centre figure, adult, dark red hair, head thrown back with mouth wide open in a shout, red lips, wearing a yellow-green bodice panel over a white red-polka-dot leotard, both arms flung wide with open hands, body arched backwards, pale blue-skinned arms and legs
Woman Right figure, adult, pale blue bob haircut, half-lidded eyes and heavy blue shadow, small pursed mouth, wearing a white red-polla-dot leotard, one arm stretched out to the right edge of the panel, body cropped by the frame
Woman Lower centre figure, adult, upside down and falling head-first, lime-green beehive coiffure, long black lashes, open screaming mouth, wearing a white red-polka-dot leotard, legs bent and crossed at the ankle
Full description

A brightly coloured backglass panel set into a worn white cabinet surround, backed by a chequered black-and-white wall. The artwork is a flat, hard-outlined mid-century modern cartoon on a patchwork background of teal, royal blue and dark blue rectangles. Huge curved red letters with white outlines spell TANGA at the upper left. Three sprawled female acrobats in matching white leotards covered in red polka dots twist and fall across the panel: one at centre arches back with mouth wide open, red lips and dark hair, arms flung out, a bright yellow-green bodice panel and pale blue limbs; one at right has a pale blue bob haircut, heavy-lidded eyes and a bored sideways glance, one arm extended off the edge; one at lower centre lies upside down with a lime-green beehive coiffure, open mouth and long lashes, her legs crossed at the ankle. Tangled red, blue, pink and green ribbons and hoops swirl between them, with a red arrow and a white arrowhead pointing left. A white score card at the top right holds six black rectangular windows. A small striped flag motif sits above it, and a red numeral 5 sits in a red oval at the bottom right. A small off-white placard on the right reads MAZZING PUNTEDO.