About the Artwork
Natural Light
1971
Bruce Nauman
born 1941
American
Unknown
Graphite and crayon on paper
Overall: 18 × 24 inches (45.7 × 61 cm) Framed: 25 1/4 × 31 × 1 1/2 inches (64.1 × 78.7 × 3.8 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.109.1
© Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Markings
Signed, lower right: B Nauman 71
Inscribed, in pencil, upper center: SKY LIGHT | HANGING WALL
Exhibition Label, verso: P O Box 801 | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan 48303.0801 | USA | Cranbrook | Artists at Work: Instruction | Drawings from the Collection of | Gilbert and Lila Silverman | Cranbrook Art Museum | September 16—October 29, 2006 Framer label, verso: PETER MUSCATO | 207 NORTH 7TH STREET | BROOKLYN, NY 11211 | THIS ARTWORK HAS BEEN GLAZED WITH: [X] U.V. PLEXI Exhibition label, verso: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection| 4054 Cranbrook Court | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301 | 1979.26.1-2 | BRUCE NAUMAN | Natural Light, Blue Light Room | 1971 | Graphite and crayon on two sheets of paper | 45.6 x 60.9 and 45.6 x 58 cm
Provenance
1979, sold by ( Ace Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
1979-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2024
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© Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Bruce Nauman, Natural Light, 1971, graphite and crayon on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.109.1.
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