Optic Nerve

Barbara Hammer, Optic Nerve, 1985, 16mm film transferred to video, color, sound; 16:43 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Richard Chang, 2023.4.1

Artwork Details

Title
Optic Nerve
Artist
Date
1985
Location
Not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Richard Chang
Mediums
Mediums Description
16mm film transferred to video, color, sound; 16:43 minutes
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure — fragment — face
  • Figure — fragment — eye
Object Number
2023.4.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2023.4.1

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Artist
Attributed to William Dunlap
Dateca. 1826
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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