Partial Truth

1999

Bruce Nauman

Associated Names
Bruce Nauman
Artist, American, born 1941
Richard Kaz
Printer, American, born 1947
James Reid
Printer, American, born 1948
Maureen M. Staley
Printer, American, born 1975
Gemini G.E.L.
Publisher
The image shows embossed lines and shapes forming an abstract design that resembles inverted and mirrored text reading "PARTIAL TRVTH." The letters are subtly highlighted against a pale background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    embossing on Hahnemühle German Etching wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 48.74 × 62.23 cm (19 3/16 × 24 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.177.47

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cordes 1989, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; Lee and Ann Fensterstock, New York; acquired 2000 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Modern Lab: There is Nothing to See Here, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1791.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 36.53. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: B Nauman S.P. 1/8 99; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: BN98-3293

Wikidata ID

Q76336913

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