LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Jasper Johns
Light Bulb1968

Not on view
Tall vertical painting of a bare incandescent bulb hanging from a twisted electrical cord and ceiling canopy against a flat slate-gray background

Jasper Johns, Light Bulb, 1968, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jasper Johns
Title
Light Bulb
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1968
Medium
Wax and acrylic on masonite, metal
Dimensions
Overall Dimensions (without Backing Board): 37 1/2 × 8 3/16 × 1 5/8 in. (95.25 × 20.8 × 4.13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist
Accession Number
M.69.77.2
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Jasper Johns: Night Driver. Madrid: La Fabrica; Bilbao: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2026.

Related Unframed

Related Unframed

A Visual Dive into Buddha for Beginners
A Visual Dive into Buddha for Beginners
  • August 11, 2020
  • Trang Spero
Opening This Weekend: Outliers and American Vanguard Art
Opening This Weekend: Outliers and American Vanguard Art
  • November 14, 2018
  • Rita Gonzalez
The Story of Urban Light
The Story of Urban Light
  • February 6, 2018
  • Editors
The Power of Charles White
The Power of Charles White
  • July 21, 2015
  • Claudine Dixon
Silver Screens Turned into Art
Silver Screens Turned into Art
  • October 31, 2013