Bruce Nauman

Waxing Hot
1966–1967, printed 1970

A pair of hands arranging red, three-dimensional letters to spell the word "HOT" on a textured surface, with a small open paint can nearby. The image has a dynamic, motion-blur effect.

A pair of hands arranging red, three-dimensional letters to spell the word "HOT" on a textured surface, with a small open paint can nearby. The image has a dynamic, motion-blur effect.

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Date
1966–1967, printed 1970

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet (Sight): 20 1/16 × 20 1/4in. (51 × 51.4 cm) Image (Sight): 19 3/8 × 19 5/8in. (49.2 × 49.8 cm)

Accession number
70.50.11

Series
Eleven Color Photographs

Edition
7/8

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

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

API
artworks/5716

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Bruce Nauman
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