
Light Bulb, from Lead Reliefs
A luminous yet weighty exploration of the mundane, Jasper Johns transforms the everyday light bulb into a sculptural meditation rendered in cast lead relief. The work exemplifies Johns's fascination with familiar objects stripped of their function, inviting the viewer to reconsider the relationship between representation and reality. Mounted against polystyrene and wood backing within its original aluminum frame, the piece balances industrial materiality with a quiet, contemplative stillness.
- Medium
- Lead relief, with polystyrene and wood backing, in the original issued aluminum frame.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection
April 18, 2017
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