Bruce Nauman

Bound to Fail

1966–1967, printed 1970

A person in an orange knit sweater stands with their arms tied behind them.

A person in an orange knit sweater stands with their arms tied behind them.

Not on view

Date
1966–1967, printed 1970

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 23 13/16 in. (50.6 × 60.5 cm) Image (Sight): 19 1/4 × 23 3/16 in. (48.9 × 58.9 cm)

Accession number
70.50.1

Edition
7/8

Credit line
Purchase

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

API
artworks/5706

Part of a series:
Eleven Color Photographs
11 works

A person wipes bright red letters spelling HOT with a cloth beside an open paint can.

A person in an orange knit sweater stands with their arms tied behind them.

A steaming orange cup with a small spoon stirring and wisps of steam rising above.

A white coffee cup with dark liquid casts a shadow across a colorful orange and blue surface.

Six auger drill bits of increasing size standing upright in a wood block with shavings.

A man in a red checkered shirt paints white ceramic shapes with blue paint at a table.

Two feet covered in thick clay-like mud under red and green colored lighting.

Three hands stacked together with two arms reaching upward in a supportive gesture.

Two hands gently clasp another person's feet reflected in a green-tinted mirror.

A shirtless man leans back and spits a stream of water upward against a black background.

Exhibitions

Bruce Nauman
48 works in the collection, 24 exhibitions

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