Layered Rubber Lamp
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Pigmented RTV, silicone rubber, electrical components including socket with metal bottom, light bulb, and wire
DATES
Designed and made 1997
DIMENSIONS
4 x 12 x 4 in. (10.2 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2000.103.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Harry Allen
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Molded rectangle in seven horizontal layers of varying thickness: From top to bottom: purple, dark green, yellow, orange, gray, organge/red, dark yellow. Hollow tubular interior fitted with light bulb in white socket; end of socket with silvered metal cap molded: "SUN-LITE/ UHL [in circle] 660W 250V"
One of a stackable pair with 2000.103.3
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Harry Allen (American, born 1964). Layered Rubber Lamp, Designed and made 1997. Pigmented RTV, silicone rubber, electrical components including socket with metal bottom, light bulb, and wire, 4 x 12 x 4 in. (10.2 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Harry Allen, 2000.103.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2000.103.2_view1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall,
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