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"Untitled" (Last Light)
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This work consists of a brown extension cord (18 gauge, 2 conductor lamp cord) with 24 brown plastic light sockets with bulbs attached.The light sockets begin at one end of the cord and are subsequently placed at intervals approximately 6 inches apart from each other, spanning approximately 11 1/2 feet. After the last socket, the cord extends an additional 12 1/2 feet, ending at the plug. A dimmer switch is placed along the cord 28 inches from the plug.
Rights: © The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation
Department of Modern & Contemporary Art
[Andrea Rosen Gallery New York] sold; to Harvard Art Museum June 2010.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Cowles by exchange
Title: "Untitled" (Last Light)
Description:
This work consists of a brown extension cord (18 gauge, 2 conductor lamp cord) with 24 brown plastic light sockets with bulbs attached.
The light sockets begin at one end of the cord and are subsequently placed at intervals approximately 6 inches apart from each other, spanning approximately 11 1/2 feet.
After the last socket, the cord extends an additional 12 1/2 feet, ending at the plug.
A dimmer switch is placed along the cord 28 inches from the plug.
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