Artworks · Bruce Nauman

Swastika / Prayer Wheel

1986 · Watercolor and pencil on paper

38 1/4 x 50" (97.2 x 127 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Violent Incident–Man-Woman, Segment (for Parkett no. 10)

1986 · Video (color, sound)

30 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Good Boy Bad Boy

1985 · Video, 2 monitors, colour and audio (mono)

duration: 60 min., 52 sec.

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Good Boy Bad Boy

1985 · Two color videos, sound, two monitors on two pedestals; Tape I (male): 60 min. loop; Tape II (female): 52 min. loop

Art Institute of Chicago

Earth–World

1985 · Lithograph

composition: 28 13/16 × 43 7/8" (73.2 × 111.5 cm); sheet: 30 1/4 × 44 3/4" (76.8 × 113.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Violins/Violence

1985 · Drypoint

plate: 23 7/8 x 32 11/16" (60.7 x 83 cm); sheet: 28 1/16 x 39 1/16" (71 x 99.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Punch and Judy II Birth & Life & Sex & Death

1985 · Gouache and pencil on paper

75 1/2 x 72 1/2" (191.8 x 184.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

White Anger, Red Danger, Yellow Peril, Black Death

1984 · Acrylic, pastel, pencil, and collage on paper

205.5 × 217.2 cm (80 7/8 × 85 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

White Anger, Red Danger, Yellow Peril, Black Death

1984 · Steel beams, aluminum, paint, and wire

62 3/4" x 17' 11 1/8" x 16' (159.4 x 546.4 x 487.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Crossed Stadiums

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint, watercolor, charcoal, and pastel on paper

53 x 72 1/2" (134.7 x 184.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Human Nature/Life Death

1983 · Neon tubing with clear glass tubing suspension frames

182.9 × 182.9 × 10.2 cm (72 × 72 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Floor Drain

1983 · Drypoint and aquatint

plate: 29 1/2 × 23 3/8" (74.9 × 59.4 cm); sheet: 38 7/8 × 27 3/4" (98.7 × 70.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seven Virtues/Seven Vices

1983 · Limestone, in seven parts

Prudence/Pride 23 3/4" x 6' 3" x 2 3/8" (60.3 x 190.5 x 6 cm); Fortitude/Anger 23 3/4" x 6' 8 3/4" x 2 3/8" (60.3 x 205.1 x 6 cm); Faith/Lust 23 3/4 x 47 1/4" x 2 3/8" (60.3 x 120 x 6 cm); Hope/Envy 23 3/4 x 47 1/4" x 2 3/8" (60.3 x 120 x 6 cm); Charity/Sloth 23 3/4" x 7' 10 1/2" x 2 3/8" (60.3 x 240 x 6 cm); Temperance/Gluttony 23 3/4" x 7' 10 1/2" x 2 3/8" (60.3 x 240 x 6 cm); Justice/Avarice 23 3/4 x 60 5/8" x 2 3/8" (60.3 x 154 x 6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Read/Reap

1983 · Colored chalks, pencil, and masking tape on cut-and-pasted papers

71 x 70 3/8" (180.3 x 178.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Human/Need/Desire

1983 · Neon tubing and wire with glass tubing suspension frames

7' 10 3/8" x 70 1/2" x 25 3/4" (239.8 x 179 x 65.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

House Divided

1983 · Etching and drypoint with roulette

Museum of Modern Art

Three Dead End Adjacent Tunnels, Not Connected

1981 · Cast iron

displayed: 630 x 2860 x 2476 mm

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Double Face

1981 · Lithograph on paper

unconfirmed: 660 x 914 mm

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NO (Black State)

1981 · Lithograph on paper

image: 698 x 1038 mm

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Diamond Africa with Chair Tuned D E A D

1981 · Steel and cast iron

723.9 × 351.2 cm (286 × 138 1/2 in.), suspended 152.4 cm (60 in.) off floor

Art Institute of Chicago

Human Companionship, Human Drain from Eight Lithographs to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc.

1981 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

composition: 30 1/8 × 21 15/16" (76.5 × 55.8 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 × 21 15/16" (76 × 55.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Face Mask

1981 · Pastel, charcoal, and pencil on paper

52 1/4 x 70 7/8" (132.8 x 180 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Model for Triangular Depression

1977 · Plaster, burlap, expanded steel mesh, and steel beams

21" x 10' 1" x 8' 7" (53.3 x 307.3 x 261.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Drawing for Enforced Perspective)

1975 · Graphite on paper

support: 765 x 1016 mm

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Enforced Perspective: Allegory and Symbolism

1975 · Steel

unconfirmed, 36 parts, each: 102 x 356 x 356 mm

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Help Me Hurt Me

1975 · Lithograph

composition: 32 3/8 x 48 1/4" (82.2 x 122.5 cm); sheet: 35 13/16 x 51" (91 x 129.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Caned Dance from Merce Cunningham Portfolio

1974 · Lithograph from a portfolio of three screenprints, one lithograph, one lithograph and screenprint, one embossing with stencil, and one die-cut

composition and sheet: 22 x 30 1/16" (55.9 x 76.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

M Ampere

1973 · Lithograph on paper

image: 762 x 1125 mm

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Vision

1973 · Lithograph

composition: 3 × 16 5/16" (7.6 × 41.4 cm); sheet: 24 15/16 × 33" (63.3 × 83.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Suck Cuts

1973 · Lithograph

sheet: 38 3/4 × 31 5/16" (98.4 × 79.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Doe Fawn

1973 · Lithograph

composition: 30 7/8 × 43 5/8" (78.5 × 110.8 cm); sheet: 32 × 45" (81.3 × 114.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Eat Death

1973 · Lithograph

composition: 41 13/16 × 30 1/2" (106.2 × 77.5 cm); sheet: 42 3/8 × 31" (107.7 × 78.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

M. Ampere

1973 · Lithograph

composition: 30 1/8 × 44 3/16" (76.5 × 112.3 cm); sheet: 31 1/16 × 45 3/16" (78.9 × 114.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Elke Allowing the Floor to Rise Up Over Her, Face Up

1973 · Video (color, sound)

39 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Cones Cojones

1973 · Taped-and-glued typewriting and pencil on two sheets of paper, with tape installation on floor

Each sheet: 40 x 26" (101.6 x 66 cm); dimensions vary upon installation

Museum of Modern Art

Tony Sinking into the Floor, Face Up, and Face Down

1973 · Video (color, sound)

60 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Perfect Odor

1973 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper and colored pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1973 · Drypoint and aquatint

plate: 29 1/2 × 20 3/4" (74.9 × 52.7 cm); sheet: 36 3/8 x 27 1/2" (92.4 x 69.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Perfect Door

1973 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 16 1/2 × 16 3/8" (41.9 × 41.6 cm); sheet: 32 × 26" (81.3 × 66 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Perfect Odor

1973 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 16 5/8 × 16 3/8" (42.2 × 41.6 cm); sheet: 32 1/16 × 26" (81.4 × 66 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Perfect Rodo

1973 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 16 11/16 × 16 3/8" (42.4 × 41.6 cm); sheet: 32 × 26" (81.3 × 66 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Clear Vision

1973 · Lithograph and screenprint

composition (irreg.): 34 × 46 5/8" (86.4 × 118.5 cm); sheet: 27 15/16 × 48 3/4" (71 × 123.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Study for Perfect Door, Perfect Odor, Perfect Rodo)

1973 · Pencil and crayon on paper

30 x 40" (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Brea/Art Tips/Rat Spit/Tar Pits

1972 · Neon lights and glass

unconfirmed: 619 x 584 x 51 mm. Weight 65kg

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Perfect Door/Perfect Odor/Perfect Rodo

1972 · Neon tubing and wire with glass tubing suspension frames, three parts

Each 21 3/8 x 28 7/8 x 2 1/4" (54.3 x 73.3 x 5.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Corridor with Mirror and White Lights

1971 · Wood, glass and fluorescent tubes

object: 3048 x 178 x 12192 mm

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Raw-War

1971 · Lithograph on paper

image: 567 x 717 mm

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Untitled (Gray)

1971 · Lithograph on paper

image: 760 x 1066 mm

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