Gas Snake
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Gas Snake
Artist
Willie Cole
(American, born 1955)
Date1992
Dimensions62 × 26 × 29 in. (157.5 × 66 × 73.7 cm)
MediumGas pump nozzle, rubber hose, rebar
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Billy E. Hodges
Object number
2023.328
Not on View
DescriptionThe sculpture consists of a long, black, gas pump hose, approximately 62 inches in length, which lay partially coiled on the floor. One end of the hose appears to rise, emerging from the coil, in a serpentine-like fashion, leaning first to the left, and then bending to the right while continuing its move upwards. At the top of the hose, sits a partially curved, rusted, and worn-down gas pump nozzle, resembling a snake’s head.
Published ReferencesBill Hodges Gallery, Masters of Sculpture, African Americans, et.al., New York, NY, 2022.Exhibition HistoryBill Hodges Gallery, New York, NY, The Summer Exhibition, July 8–August 21, 2021.Comparative ReferencesSee also Sims, Patterson, Anxious Objects: Willie Cole's Favorite Brands, Montclair, N.J., Montclair Art Museum, 2006, p.58-59.
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
early 1980s
1845-1855
19th century
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