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Peter Shelton
churchsnakebedbone1993

Not on view
Large-scale sculpture: a suspended metal hospital bed with a dark mattress, its underside hung with cascading Gothic cathedral spire forms, with wired buckets on the floor below
Sculptural model of Gothic cathedral architecture mounted upside-down and suspended from above, rendered in uniform ochre-brown material with detailed facades, rose windows, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and pinnacles hanging downward, with thin cables or wires extending from the structure against a pale background.
Artist or Maker
Peter Shelton
Title
churchsnakebedbone
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1993
Medium
Bronze, water, copper and pumps
Dimensions
80 x 77 x 38 in. (203.2 x 195.58 x 96.52 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, Carla Kirkeby, Robert and Mary Looker, and Bill Lucas
Accession Number
AC1997.31.1.1-.10
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Eliel, Carol S. Peter Shelton: bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 1994.