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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.472
People
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, American (Guaimaro, Cuba 1957 - 1996 Miami, FL)
Title
"Untitled" (Last Light)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1993
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/336312

Physical Descriptions

Medium
string of lights: 10 watt light bulbs, extension cord, plastic light sockets, dimmer switch
Dimensions
overall dimensions vary with installation: 350.5 cm (138 in.)
extra cord: 381 cm (150 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Unsigned (signed and numbered on certificate)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York], sold; to Harvard Art Museum, June 2010.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
5/24

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Cowles, by exchange
Copyright
© The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.472
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This work consists of a brown extension cord (18 gauge, 2 conductor lamp cord) with 24 brown plastic light sockets with bulbs attached.The light sockets begin at one end of the cord and are subsequently placed at intervals approximately 6 inches apart from each other, spanning approximately 11 1/2 feet. After the last socket, the cord extends an additional 12 1/2 feet, ending at the plug. A dimmer switch is placed along the cord 28 inches from the plug.

Publication History

  • Andrea Rosen and Roland Waspe, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Catalogue Raisonne, ed. Dietmar Elger, Hatje Cantz (Germany, 1997), p. 125, ill.
  • Ann Goldstein and Michael Darling, The Blake Byrne Collection, Litho Acme (Montreal, Canada, 2005), pp. 38, 82, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Re-View: European and American Art Since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2011 - 06/01/2013

Verification Level

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