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James Turrell is well known for his use of light. Like his room installations filled with colored light or his framed images of the sky, Turrell's holograms allow ight to become the subject of his art.

Source: News, July August September 2012.


Exhibition HistoryJames Turrell: Between Blue, Stark Gallery, New York, 1998
DimensionsOverall: 70 × 17 × 17 in. (177.8 × 43.2 × 43.2 cm)
Overall (glass): 18 × 17 × 7/16 in. (45.7 × 43.2 × 1.1 cm)
Overall (base): 53 3/4 × 17 × 17 in. (136.5 × 43.2 × 43.2 cm)
Overall (lamp): 11 × 6 3/4 × 12 1/4 in. (27.9 × 17.1 × 31.1 cm)
Overall (transformer): 6 × 6 × 7 in. (15.2 × 15.2 × 17.8 cm)
Accession Number 2012.23.a-.c
Classificationssculpture
EditionEdition of 2
ProvenanceArtist; (Stark Gallery, New York). (Phillips, Contemporary Art Day Sale, London, 30 June 2008, lot 600). Kyle and Sharon Krause, Des Moines, IA [purchased c. 2008]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2012]
Between Blue
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