Bruce Conner
American, 1933–2008
TICK-TOCK JELLY CLOCK COSMOTRON
INV-1098
Bruce Conner
American, 1933–20081961
TICK-TOCK JELLY CLOCK COSMOTRON
Bruce Conner American, 1933–2008 →sculpturemodern and contemporary art
Date
1961
Medium
Wall component: wood, fabric, cardboard, wallpaper, magazine pages, stickers, string, twine, plastic film, glass fragments, mirror fragments, iron straps, grommets, nails, screws, upholstery tacks, metal foil, aluminum sheet, electrical socket, electrical wiring, rubber hose, beads, costume jewelry parts, sequins, ribbon, nylon stocking, cigarette filter, paint, graphite, bitumen, and resin on pressed hardboard; painted wood frame with mirror segments. Floor component: wood spool, fiberboard cone, paper, paint, monofilament netting, electrical plug, insulated wire, speaker, audio cable, iron wire, rings and clips, paper, yarn, and twine; 1/4 in. reel-to-reel audio tape transferred to digital format.
Dimensions
Wall component: 146 × 136.5 × 12.7 cm (57 1/2 × 53 3/4 × 5 in.); cone: 111.1 × 38.1 cm diameter × (43 3/4 × 15 in. diameter)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Janss Foundation; Twentieth-Century Purchase Fund
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