Study in Depth, Opus 152
Date
1959
Artist
Thomas Wilfred, American, b. Naestved, Denmark, 1889–1968
Provenance
National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Washington, DC, to 2 February 2004
Gift of Bristol-Myers Squibb by transfer from the National Museum of American History, Behring Center, 2004
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Visual Music, 1905-2005," 22 June-11 September 2005. TOUR: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Los Angeles, 13 February-22 May 2005.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Refract, Reflect, Project: Light Works from the Collection," 15 February-8 April 2007, no cat.
YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, New Haven, Connecticut. "Lumia: Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light," 17 February 2017-23 July, colorpl. 11. Tour: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 6 October-7 January 2018.
Published References
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 237, p. 265.
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School
American Eccentrics
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Bristol-Myers Squibb by transfer from the National Museum of American History, Behring Center, 2004
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
04.2
Type
Light-Based
Medium
Projector, light bulb, colored glass, metal, rotating reflector towers, and rear-projection screen
Dimensions
screen: 72 x 108 in. (182.9 x 274.3 cm) reflector: 60 x 31 x 33 in. (152.4 x 78.7 x 83.8 cm); projector: 19 x 19 x 21 in. (48.3 x 48.3 x 53.3 cm);
