Bruce Nauman
Raw War
1969
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Bruce Nauman
Raw War
1969
Physical Qualities
Neon, glass tubing, wire, transformer, and sequencer, 6 1/2 x 17 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (16.5 x 43.5 x 6.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leo Castelli, New York
Object Number
1982.148
Sequence is:
Dead silent
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The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1982; from Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; from the artist
Brenda Richardson, BMA, "Bruce Nauman: Neons," December 19, 1982-February 13, 1983, no. 11, pp. 62-63.
Kathy Halbreich and Neal Benezra, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 4/1-6/15/1994, "Bruce Nauman: Inside Out,"; circulation to Reina Sofia, 11/1993-2/1994; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 7-9/1994; Museum of Modern Art, NY, 3-5/1995; Kunsthaus Zurich, 7-10/1995.
"Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light," Milwaukee Art Museum, 1/1-4/30/ 2006, circulated to Indianapolis Museum of Art, 5/15-8/15/2006; Museum of Contemporary Art of North Miami, 10/1-12/31/2006; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington 2/10-5/6/2007; Musee D'Art Contemporarin de Montreal, 5/ 269/3/2007; Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 9/30-12/20/2007; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 5/26-9/1/2008
Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Ecstatic Alphabets," May 1, 2012 - August 27, 2012.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Crosscurrents: Works from the Contemporary Collection," Gallery 06, February 26 - June 2025.
Kathy Halbreich and Neal Benezra, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 4/1-6/15/1994, "Bruce Nauman: Inside Out,"; circulation to Reina Sofia, 11/1993-2/1994; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 7-9/1994; Museum of Modern Art, NY, 3-5/1995; Kunsthaus Zurich, 7-10/1995.
"Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light," Milwaukee Art Museum, 1/1-4/30/ 2006, circulated to Indianapolis Museum of Art, 5/15-8/15/2006; Museum of Contemporary Art of North Miami, 10/1-12/31/2006; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington 2/10-5/6/2007; Musee D'Art Contemporarin de Montreal, 5/ 269/3/2007; Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 9/30-12/20/2007; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 5/26-9/1/2008
Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Ecstatic Alphabets," May 1, 2012 - August 27, 2012.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Crosscurrents: Works from the Contemporary Collection," Gallery 06, February 26 - June 2025.
Ho, Melissa ed. Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2019
Bailey, Stuart, Angie Keefer, David Reinfurt, eds. Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language. Bulletins of The Serving Library #3. Berlin, Germany: Sternberg Press; New York, NY: Dexter Sinister, 2012, unpaged.
