Donald Lipski

Water Lilies #61
1991

A neon sign shaped like an upside-down "U" with the left side colored in red and the right side in blue, both sides featuring a transparent quality. The blue side is adorned with white stars, resembling the star-spangled pattern of the American flag. The sign is mounted on a white wall with visible fixtures and wiring.

A neon sign shaped like an upside-down "U" with the left side colored in red and the right side in blue, both sides featuring a transparent quality. The blue side is adorned with white stars, resembling the star-spangled pattern of the American flag. The sign is mounted on a white wall with visible fixtures and wiring.

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Date
1991

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Glass tubing, water, American flag and metal clamps and hook

Dimensions
Overall: 29 5/8 × 17 5/8 × 11 1/2in. (75.2 × 44.8 × 29.2 cm)

Accession number
95.252a-b

Series
Work is a combinatin of the Water Lilies series and the American Flag series

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Joel M. Barish

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/10236

Exhibitions

Five by Five: Contemporary Artists on Contemporary Art

Apr 18–July 5, 2002

Donald Lipski
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