Untitled
started 1985, published 1994
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color lithograph and screenprint on Rives BFK wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 76.04 × 101.28 cm (29 15/16 × 39 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock
Accession Number
2000.177.49
Art Historical Context
Bruce Nauman's *Untitled* (started 1985, published1994) exemplifies the artist's boundary-pushing approach to conceptual art, where he blends text, imagery, and existential themes to provoke thought. A leading figure in postwar American art, Nauman emerged in the 1960s with works exploring the body, language, and space through video, neon, and installations. This print, housed in the National Gallery of's collection as a generous gift from Lee and Annstock, reflects his expansion into printmaking during the 1980s and '90s, a period when he revisited earlier ideas with fresh intensity. Crafted...
About the Artist
Bruce Nauman
Bruce Nauman, born on December 6, 1941, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, grew up in a family frequently uprooted by his father's career as a General Electric engineer. After studying mathematics, physics, and art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a BS in 1964, Nauman pursued an MFA at the University of California, Davis in 1966. There, he studied under William T. Wiley and Robert Arne...