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Paul Thek
Untitled1965

Not on view
Sculptural organ-like form with a glossy near-black surface, crimson interior wound, and small iridescent insect figures, displayed in a glass vitrine on a brushed steel pedestal

Paul Thek, Untitled, 1965, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Judith Rothschild Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Paul Thek
United States, New York, New York City, 1933-1988
Title
Untitled
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1965
Medium
Plexi, formica, wax, and chrome vitrine
Dimensions
19 x 12 x 8 1/2 in. (48.26 x 30.48 x 21.59 cm)
Credit Line
The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.53.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Sussman, Elisabeth. Paul Thek: Diver, a Retrospective. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art ; Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art ; New Haven [Conn.]: Distributed by Yale University Press, 2010.
  • Boulvain, Thibault. "While there's still time: Les Reliquaires technologiques de Paul Thek." Les Cahiers du Musée National d'Art no.134(2016): 72-93.

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