Knot at the End of My Rope

1994 - 1995

Bruce Nauman

Artist, American, born 1941

James Hirahara

Printer, American, active late 20th century

James Reid

Printer, American, born 1948

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on Hahnemühle German Etching wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.16 × 35.24 cm (11 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 51.12 × 61.28 cm (20 1/8 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.54.74

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cordes 1989, undescribed


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1642.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 36.44. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: knot at the end / of my rope; lower right in graphite: B Nauman SP 1/1 95; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: BN94-3237

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q77259786


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