id:			161450
accession number:	2000.129
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.129
updated:		2025-12-12 16:26:34.081000

Unit #167, from the Clavilux Home Instrument (First Home Lumia Instrument) Series, 1930. Thomas Wilfred (American, born Denmark, 1889–1968). Mixed media; overall: 85 x 55.8 x 39.6 cm (33 7/16 x 21 15/16 x 15 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist, 2000.129

title:				Unit #167, from the Clavilux Home Instrument (First Home Lumia Instrument) Series
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creation date:			1930
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1930
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culture:	America
technique:	mixed media
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Sculpture
type:		Time-based Media
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CREATORS

* Thomas Wilfred (American, born Denmark, 1889–1968)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 85 x 55.8 x 39.6 cm (33 7/16 x 21 15/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Illuminations: The Art of Light
	opening date:   1987-09-22T04:00:00
	<i>Illuminations: The Art of Light</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22-November 29, 1987).

	title:		Lumia: Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light
	opening date:   2017-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Lumia: Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light</i>. Yale University Art Gallery (organizer) (February 17-July 23, 2017); Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (October 6, 2017-January 7, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1930–2000
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2000–
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CITATIONS

	Orgeman, Keely, Thomas Wilfred, James Turrell, and Maibritt Borgen. <em>Lumia: Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light</em>. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2017.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 102–103, Plate 2
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