Bruce Nauman (b. 1941)
Normal Desires
neon tubing with clear glass tubing suspension frame
11 x 24 in. (27.9 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1983; this work is unique.
Provenance
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992.
Literature
N. Benezra, K. Halbreich, P. Schimmel and R. Storr, Bruce Nauman Catalogue Raisonné, Minneapolis, 1994, p. 289, no. 317 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Bruce Nauman: Neon, March-May 1992.
Lot Essay
Fig. 1 Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942, The Art Institute of Chicago