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Installation View: Gallery 2 Football. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
"Untitled" (L.A.)
Installation View: Gallery 2 Football. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

"Untitled" (L.A.)

Artist (1957 - 1996)
Date1991
MediumGreen candies in clear wrappers, endless supply
DimensionsOverall dimensions vary with installation
Original dimensions: approximately 192 x 14 × 1 1/2 in. (487.7 × 35.6 × 3.8 cm)
Original weight: 50 lb. (22.7 kg)
ClassificationsInstallation
Credit LineJointly owned by Art Bridges and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Accession number 2015.29
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Not on view
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Provenance(Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY), 1991; (Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium); Ranbir Singh [1953-2012], New York, NY; to (Christie’s, London, England), April 22, 1998, lot 12; purchased by Howard Rachofsky, Dallas, TX, 1998; to (Christie’s, New York, NY), November 10, 2015, sale 3790, lot 43B; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2015; to Art Bridges, TX, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as co-owners, 2018
Label TextYou are welcome to take a piece of candy.



Made of everyday, non-art material, “Untitled” (L.A.) is designed to suggest a wide range of meanings. Unlike most works of art, guests are able to touch and taste. Felix Gonzalez-Torres created "Untitled" (L.A.) in Los Angeles in 1991, the same year his longtime partner Ross Laycock died of complications from AIDS. By providing for the endless replenishment of this supply of this candy, the artist symbolically grants this work everlasting life.





Le invitamos a tomar un caramelo.



Realizada con materiales comunes y no relacionados con el arte, “Sin título” (L.A.) está concebida para sugerir una amplia gama de significados. A diferencia de la mayoría de las obras de arte, los visitantes pueden tocarla y probarla. Felix Gonzalez-Torres creó “Sin título” (L.A.) en Los Ángeles en 1991, el mismo año en que su pareja de muchos años, Ross Laycock, falleció a causa de complicaciones derivadas con el sida. Al proporcionar un suministro ilimitado de estos caramelos, el artista concede simbólicamente a esta obra una vida eterna.