Harvard Art Museums > 2007.98: Untitled (negro sunshine) Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Untitled (negro sunshine) (Glenn Ligon) , 2007.98,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/318963. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2007.98 People Glenn Ligon, American (Bronx, NY born 1960) Title Untitled (negro sunshine) Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 2005 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/318963 Physical Descriptions Medium Neon Dimensions 13 x 108 x 6.4 cm (5 1/8 x 42 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: no signature Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2007. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Jorie Marshall Waterman '96 and Gwendolyn Dunaway Waterman '92 Fund Copyright © Glenn Ligon Accession Year 2007 Object Number 2007.98 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Two pieces of neon light sculpture spell out the words, negro sunshine. Both pieces are connected to each other with electrical wire. Electrical wire hangs 59 inches from the bottom of the neon tubing ending with a transformer that sits on the floor. Publication History Lauri Firstenberg, Neo-Archival and Textual Modes of Production: An Interview with Glenn Ligon, Art Journal (Spring 2001), Vol. 60 No. 1 Richard Meyer, Light It Up, or How Glenn Ligon Got Over, Artforum (New York, May 2006) Thomas W. Lentz, ed., Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2006-7, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 2008), p. 23, ill. Exhibition History Contemporary Art from the Harvard University Art Museums Collections, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/23/2007 - 01/31/2008 Re-View: European and American Art Since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2011 - 06/01/2013 Subjects and Contexts Collection Highlights Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
