Collections Chest of Moles (Portrait of Pamela)
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- Image
- Courtesy Walker Art Center
- Rights
- © Estate of Robert Watts, Courtesy Robert Watts Studio Archive, New York
- Title
- Chest of Moles (Portrait of Pamela)
- Artist
- Robert Watts
- Date
- 1965–1985
- Dimensions
- overall installed 17 × 16.875 × 7.625 inches
- Materials
- photo-embedments in plastic, illuminated glass, wooden case, light fixture and lightbulb
- Location
- On view at the Walker Art Center
Object Details
- Type
- Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1993.127.1-.21
- Style
- Fluxus
- Inscriptions
- in black ink on reverse of wooden case on white adhesive label at upper left “R. Watts”; in black ink on reverse of wooden case on white adhesive label at upper left “#72/Portrait of Pamela/1985./Note: Lights are not instant/start. Wait after switch-on.”
- Physical Description
- A wooden and glass shelved case containg plastic photo-embedments of moles. The bottom shelf is white glass which diffuses the light from the light bulb underneath the shelf to illuminate the entire case.
- Credit Line
- T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 1993
- Object Copyright
- © Estate of Robert Watts, Courtesy Robert Watts Studio Archive, New York (image credits)