Untitled
started 1993, published 1994
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etching on Lana Gravure wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 39.69 × 45.09 cm (15 5/8 × 17 3/4 in.) sheet: 50.17 × 55.88 cm (19 3/4 × 22 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
2015.139.7
Art Historical Context
Bruce Nauman's *Untitled* (started 1993, published1994) exemplifies the conceptual artist's boundary-pushing practice during the 1990s, a period when he masterfully blended drawing, text, and spatial illusion in prints. Nauman, a key figure in postwar American art associated with conceptualism and minimalism, explores themes of language, the body, and psychological tension. This etching invites viewers into his enigmatic world, where absence of a title amplifies the work's introspective power. Crafted as an etching on Lana Gravure wove paper—a high-quality, archival support ideal for fine-det...
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...