Bruce Nauman, Square Depression

Bruce Nauman

American · b. 1941 · Printmaker, Sculptor

Bruce Nauman is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Bruce Nauman, Hanging Heads # 1 (Blue Andrew, Mouth Open / Red Julie with Cap), 1989, wax, wood, wire, in two partsHanging Heads # 1 (Blue Andrew, Mouth Open / Red Julie with Cap)Phillips · £1,762,500≈ $2,769,416≈ €2,487,574Sign up to see
  2. Bruce Nauman, Masturbating Man, 1985, neon tubing mounted on wood panelMasturbating ManPhillips · $2,757,500≈ £2,155,476≈ €2,439,186Sign up to see
  3. Bruce Nauman, Musical Chair, 1983, ink and charcoal on paperMusical ChairPhillips · $1,482,000≈ £1,059,480≈ €1,240,064Sign up to see

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Bruce Nauman is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives near Galisteo, New Mexico.

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Born 1941, Fort WayneOccupation Printmaker, Sculptor, Draughtsman, PhotographerWikidata Q168665 ↗ULAN 500118742 ↗Museum works 2

In the collections of

TateArt Institute of ChicagoAuckland Art GalleryBavarian State Painting CollectionsCODA MuseumFinnish National GalleryGroninger MuseumHamburger KunsthalleHessel Museum of ArtInstitut Valencià d'Art ModernKunsthaus ZürichMiddelheim MuseumMinneapolis Institute of ArtMu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan ZeeMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseum Boijmans Van BeuningenMuseum of Modern ArtMusée National d'Art ModerneNational Gallery of CanadaNew Mexico Museum of ArtPhiladelphia Museum of ArtPhotographs in the National Gallery of ArtSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumStaatsgalerie StuttgartStedelijk Museum AmsterdamStedelijk Museum voor Actuele KunstStuart CollectionTate ModernThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtVan AbbemuseumWhitney Museum of American ArtZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

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conceptual artpostminimalism

Works in museum collections

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Bruce Nauman, Square Depression
Square Depression1977
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC BY 2.5 · via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5)
Bruce Nauman, Double Poke in the Eye II
Double Poke in the Eye II1985
Tate Modern ↗
CC BY 2.0 · Jorge Franganillo, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) — Tate Modern

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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