Mary Ellen Bute

Spook Sport

1939

Red and green neon light shapes form a symmetrical corridor with bat-like figures above.
Red and green neon light shapes form a symmetrical corridor with bat-like figures above.

Mary Ellen Bute, Spook Sport, 1939. 16mm film, color, sound, 8 min., transferred to video, aspect Ratio: 4:3. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee 2014.266. © Mary Ellen Bute

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Date
1939

Classification
Film

Medium
16mm film, color, sound, 8 min., transferred to video

Dimensions
Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Accession number
2014.266

Edition
Edition open

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Mary Ellen Bute

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