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Bruce Nauman
Human Nature/Life Death/Knows Doesn't Know1983

Not on view
Neon sculpture installation of overlapping illuminated word signs in multiple colors arranged in a radiating cluster against a black background, photographed from above
Artist or Maker
Bruce Nauman
United States, born 1941
Title
Human Nature/Life Death/Knows Doesn't Know
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1983
Medium
Neon
Dimensions
107 1/2 x 107 x 5 13/16 in. (273.05 x 271.78 x 14.61 cm)
Credit Line
Modern and Contemporary Art Council Fund
Accession Number
M.84.36
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Benezra, Neal and Kathy Halbreich. Bruce Nauman. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1994.
  • Biennial Exhibition. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1985.
  • Halbreich, Kathy, editor. Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2018.