{"data":{"id":"10417","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":10417,"topgoose_id":24378,"portfolio_id":null,"tms_id":10417,"title":"\"Untitled\" (America)","display_artist_text":"Felix Gonzalez-Torres","display_date":"1994","accession_number":"96.74.1-9a-l","dimensions":"Dimensions variable ","medium":"Twelve parts, each: 42 light bulbs, waterproof rubber light sockets, and waterproof electrical cord","department":"collection","classification":"Installations","credit_line":"Purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee","is_virtual":true,"is_portfolio":true,"portfolio_tms_id":null,"portfolio":"\"Untitled\" (America)","edition":null,"publication_info":null,"description":"\u003cp\u003eFelix Gonzalez-Torres, \u003cem\u003e\"Untitled\" (America)\u003c/em\u003e, 1994. Twelve parts, each: 42 light bulbs, waterproof rubber light sockets, and waterproof electrical cord, dimensions variable . Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee 96.74.1-9a-l. © The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Untitled” (America)\u003c/i\u003e is comprised of twelve strings of everyday light bulbs, containing a total of 504 bulbs. The sculpture epitomizes the artist’s conception of the work as a collaboration between the artist, its owner, and the viewing public, since the work can be shown in any configuration the owner desires: hanging from the ceiling, across the wall, or on the floor; as one long line, several smaller ones, or even as a tangle of bulbs and wires in a corner. All twelve strings or only one cord might be on view each time the work is installed. Such flexibility parallels the multi-valence of its title. A Cuban immigrant to the United States, Felix Gonzalez-Torres subtitled many of his works “America,” a sort of blank symbol that leaves viewers free to devise their own interpretations.\u003c/p\u003e","ai_alt_text":null,"alt_text":"Strands of lit lightbulbs hang down the center of a stairway and gather on the floor.","visual_description":null,"on_view":true,"created_at":"2019-11-03T14:11:34.410-05:00","updated_at":"2026-02-06T12:02:09.120-05:00","images":[]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"3454","type":"artist"}]}}}}