Bruce Nauman
Violins Violence Silence (Exterior Version)
1980
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Bruce Nauman
Violins Violence Silence (Exterior Version)
1980
Physical Qualities
Neon, glass tubing, wire, transformer, and sequencer, 60 1/2 x 699 1/2 x 8 in. (153.7 x 1776.7 x 20.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, and Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery, New York
The conservation of "Violins Violence Silence (Exterior Version)" in 2014 was made possible through the generous support of the Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art, Stuart and Sherry Christhilf, Suzanne F. Cohen, The Cordish Family Foundation, Inc., Nancy L. Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff, Janet E. and Edward K. Dunn, Jr., Katherine M. Hardiman and the Hardiman Family Foundation, Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, Mary and Paul Roberts, the Thalheimer-Eurich Charitable Fund, Inc., and donors to the Illuminate campaign.
Object Number
1984.2
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1983; on loan from the artist, and Leo Castelli and Angela Westwater, 1982-1983
Brenda Richardson, BMA, "Bruce Nauman: Neons", December 19, 1982-February 13, 1983, cat. no. 25b, p. 92, ill. p. 95.
Joan Simon, "Bruce Nauman", Minneapolis: Distributed Art Publishers, 1994, p. 283, no. 299, ill p. 283.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
