Chris Burden

America's Darker Moments

1994

Glass display case on a dark wooden stand containing small dark sculptural forms on a white base.
Glass display case on a dark wooden stand containing small dark sculptural forms on a white base.

Chris Burden, America's Darker Moments, 1994. Painted tin, wood, glass, mirrors, plexiglass and fluorescent lights, overall: 55 7/8 × 37 × 37 in. (141.9 × 94 × 94 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 94.65a-l. © Chris Burden / Licensed by the Chris Burden Estate and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Not on view

Date
1994

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Painted tin, wood, glass, mirrors, plexiglass and fluorescent lights

Dimensions
Overall: 55 7/8 × 37 × 37 in. (141.9 × 94 × 94 cm)

Accession number
94.65a-l

Edition
1/3

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Chris Burden / Licensed by the Chris Burden Estate and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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artworks/9023




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