Bruce Nauman, Untitled, 1965
Images of Bruce Nauman, Untitled

Untitled, 1965
Fiberglass and polyester resin
80 × 80 × 4 in. (203.2 × 203.2 × 10.16 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gerald S. Elliott Collection, 1995.69
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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- Bruce Nauman, Bound to Fail (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A person wearing a thick orange sweater is shown from behind. Their arms are bound haphazardly to their torso with rope.
- Bruce Nauman, Drill Team (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A photo shows five differently sized drill bits extending upward from a small piece of wood, which rests on a colorful green and yellow background.
- Bruce Nauman, Eating My Words (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A photo shows a young light-skinned man seated at a table and spreading a red substance onto white letters on a dinner plate.
- Bruce Nauman, Feet of Clay (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A photo of a person's feet covered in a thick, clay-like substance is lit with dramatic red and green lighting.
- Bruce Nauman, Self-Portrait as a Fountain (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A shirtless man shown from the torso up with pursed lips gingerly spits water toward the left of the viewer.
- Bruce Nauman, Untitled (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short In this photo, a light-skinned person's arms are visible against a blue background. Stretched between their fingers like the game cat's cradle is a densely woven brown material.
- Bruce Nauman, Waxing Hot (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A colorful photo shows a pair of light-skinned hands either cleaning or applying a product to a set of three large red letters spelling out the word "HOT."
- Bruce Nauman, Rats and Bats (Learned Helplessness in Rats II), 1988
- Short A translucent yellow acrylic organizing table holds multiple pieces of machinery. Their use is unclear, but they may be related to the faint image projected on the wall nearby.
- Bruce Nauman, Chambres d'Amis (Krefeld Piece), 1985
- Short A grainy image on a Sony television set shows a tan-skinned person with a short Afro and white shirt against a solid black background. Their mouth is open, as if speaking.
- Bruce Nauman, Live or Die (State I), 1985
- Short Words rendered in crudely applied red paint read: "LIVE OR DIE," set against a white background.
- Bruce Nauman, Live or Die (State II), 1985
- Short On a white paper rectangle, three lines of all-caps black text in streaky black lines reads "Live or Die."
- Bruce Nauman, Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain, 1983
- Short A circle of words formed by neon lights in green, blue, pink, and yellow reads, clockwise from the top: "LOVE HATE PLEASURE PAIN LIFE DEATH."
- Bruce Nauman, Three Dead-End Adjacent Tunnels, Not Connected, 1979
- Short Three-dimensional triangle-shaped sculpture that sits on the floor
- Bruce Nauman, Run from Fear, Fun from Rear, 1972
- Short Two neon signs illuminate a dark room. The first reads, "Run from Fear" while underneath the second reads, "Fun from Rear."
- Short Two rows of neon text read, "RUN from FEAR" in yellow, and, "FUN from REAR" in red.
- Bruce Nauman, Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk), 1968
- Short A grainy black-and-white image shows a person in a white shirt and black pants with their left leg in the air. They stand against the far wall of a large, open room.
- Bruce Nauman, Henry Moore Bound to Fail, 1967
- Short A bronze cast of a wrinkled square cloth wrapped around the middle with a thick piece of rope is hung on a white wall.