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Bruce Nauman
Studies for Holograms1970

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Screenprint in yellow-green and cream tones, extreme close-up of a face with both hands pressing into the cheeks, distorting the open mouth
Screenprint or photographic print in yellow-green and gray tones, extreme close-up of a face with both hands pulling at the mouth, chin and lower face visible, high-contrast tonal treatment.
Painting rendered in yellow-green tones, extreme close-up of a face from nose to chin, with two fingers pulling the corners of the mouth open to expose teeth and tongue, painted with smooth photorealistic technique.
Screenprint or photographic print with yellow-green duotone palette; extreme close-up of a person's lower face, mouth open, with a finger pulling down the lower lip to expose the teeth and inner mouth.
Close-up painting of a pale torso with a hand resting at the lower left, rendered in muted whites, yellows, and grays with soft, blurred edges and a painterly photographic quality.
Artist or Maker
Bruce Nauman
United States, born 1941
Title
Studies for Holograms
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1970
Medium
Suite of 5 off-set photolithographic prints
Dimensions
Unframed: 20 3/8 x 26 in. (51.75 x 66.04 cm) each
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.98.1-.5
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Eliel, Carol, editor. Light, Space, Surface: Art from Southern California. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2021.