False Passage

started 1977, published 1981

Bruce Nauman

Associated Names
Bruce Nauman

Artist, American, born 1941

Edward Henderson

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image displays a series of curved lines arranged in an elliptical shape, resembling the outline of an orbit or a ring. The repetition and simplicity of the lines suggest continuity and movement within the abstract form.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on La Paloma handmade paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60.1 x 82.1 cm (23 11/16 x 32 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 65.1 x 87.3 cm (25 5/8 x 34 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.74.172

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cordes 1989, no. 39

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 939.

1989

  • Cordes, Christopher. Bruce Nauman: Prints 1970-89. New York: Castelli Graphics, 1989, p. 121, no. 39.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 36.18. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: False Passage; lower right in plate: False Passage [reversed]; lower right in graphite: Gem. II B Nauman 77; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: BN77-3002

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74889724

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