Pyramid’s Shadow
Artist: Benni Efrat (Israeli, born 1936)
Date: 1978
Dimensions:
Pyramid) H: 34 in. (86.4 cm); W: 48 in. (121.9 cm); Depth: 48 in. (121.9 cm); Shadow) H: 34 in. (86.4 cm); W: 63 in. (160 cm); Depth: 72 in. (182.9 cm)
Medium: Bronze
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Gosman
Object number: 1983.119
Label Text:As a conceptual artist, Benni Efrat highlights the importance of the idea behind a work of art instead of emphasizing the physical object. Pyramid’s Shadow dates to the 1970s, a time when Efrat was exploring the idea of the shadow. In this unassuming work, the smaller, open form is a representation of the shadow cast by the larger pyramid. Yet the pyramid’s shadow itself casts a shadow. With poetic brevity, Efrat’s sculpture complicates exactly what a ‘shadow’ really is.
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