Bruce Nauman

Normal Desires
1985

A colorful artwork featuring the words "NORMAL DESIRES" painted in large, bold letters with blue and red hues. The background is white, and there are annotations and sketches around the text, suggesting an artistic process or draft-like quality to the piece.

A colorful artwork featuring the words "NORMAL DESIRES" painted in large, bold letters with blue and red hues. The background is white, and there are annotations and sketches around the text, suggesting an artistic process or draft-like quality to the piece.

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Date
1985

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 1/8 × 28 3/8in. (43.5 × 72.1 cm)

Accession number
P.2011.270

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© Bruce Nauman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/40635

Exhibitions

Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Nov 20, 2015–Mar 6, 2016

Bruce Nauman
51 works in the collection

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