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Learned Helplessness in Rats
Learned Helplessness in Rats
Learned Helplessness in Rats
ArtistAmerican, born 1941
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Learned Helplessness in Rats
Date1988
MediumEtching in Somerset Satin paper, edition 24/35
DimensionsPlate: 8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (22.6 × 30.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 17 13/16 in. (39.1 × 45.3 cm)
Frame: 19 1/4 × 21 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (48.9 × 54.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton
Object number2025.751
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, 1988; [Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York, 1988]; Cecily Horton, Houston, TX, 1989-2025; given to MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition Historynone
Published References none Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed, editioned, and dated in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: Bruce Nauman [cursive] 24/35 88
Verso: [inaccessible]
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Catalogue raisonnéCordes 60

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