The Artifact Piece
The Artifact Piece

© Estate of James Luna / Courtesy of Garth Greenan Gallery

The Artifact Piece
The Artifact Piece

Currently not on view

The Artifact Piece,

1987

James Luna, 1950–2018; Luiseño, Puyukitchum, Ipai, and Mexican-American, born Orange, CA; died New Orleans, LA
2021-66

Information

Title
The Artifact Piece
Dates

1987

Maker
James Luna
Medium
Two vitrines; wood, metal, Plexiglas, sand, paper didactic panels, and personal ephemera
Dimensions
performance bed (a-b): 90.8 × 188 × 116.2 cm (35 3/4 × 74 × 45 3/4 in.) (a) table base: 76.8 × 168.3 × 76.2 cm (30 1/4 × 66 1/4 × 30 in.) (b) top: 14 × 188 × 116.2 cm (5 1/2 × 74 × 45 3/4 in.) vitrine: 44.4 × 57.1 × 57.1 cm (17 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 22 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2021-66
Signatures
Signed and dated
Culture
Native American
Type
performance art, performances, installations (sculpture)
Materials
wood, metal, paper (fiber product), Plexiglas (TM), sand
Subject
vitrines, men, museums

Estate of James Luna, consigned; to [Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2021.

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