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Layered Rubber Lamp

Decorative Arts and Design

MEDIUM Pigmented RTV, silicone rubber, electrical components including socket with metal bottom, light bulb, and wire
DATES Designed and made 1997
DIMENSIONS 4 x 12 x 4 in. (10.2 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm)  (show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER 2000.103.3
CREDIT LINE Gift of Harry Allen
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Molded rectangle in seven horizontal layers of varying thickness: From top to bottom: light orange, dark orange, yellow, red/brown, white, green, light green. Hollow tubular interior fitted with light bulb in white socket; end of socket with silvered metal cap molded: "SUN-LITE/ UHL [in circle] 660W 250V" One of a stackable pair with 2000.103.2
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Harry Allen (American, born 1964). Layered Rubber Lamp, Designed and made 1997. Pigmented RTV, silicone rubber, electrical components including socket with metal bottom, light bulb, and wire, 4 x 12 x 4 in. (10.2 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Harry Allen, 2000.103.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2000.103.3_view1.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.2000.103.3_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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Harry Allen (American, born 1964). <em>Layered Rubber Lamp</em>, Designed and made 1997. Pigmented RTV, silicone rubber, electrical components including socket with metal bottom, light bulb, and  wire, 4 x 12 x 4 in.  (10.2 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Harry Allen, 2000.103.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2000.103.3_view1.jpg)