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DOUBLE CANDLE

Object Details

Provenance
Sterling Ruby Studio, to 1 December 2020
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2020
Published References
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), fig. 15 (color), p. 27.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Sterling Ruby, American, b. Bitburg, Germany, 1972
Date
2018
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2020
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
292 × 72 × 32 in., 3535 lb. (741.7 × 182.9 × 81.3 cm, 1603.5 kg) part (left candle): 292 × 36 × 32 in., 1781 lb. (741.7 × 91.4 × 81.3 cm, 807.9 kg) part (right candle): 279 1/2 × 36 × 30 in., 1754 lb. (709.9 × 91.4 × 76.2 cm, 795.6 kg)
Type
Sculpture
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