Lover Set on Fire in Bed
Artist
Tom Hunter
British, born 1965
Date2003
MediumCibachrome print
Dimensions60 x 47 7/8 in. (152.4 x 121.6 cm)
Frame: 61 1/2 x 49 1/2 x 2 in. (156.2 x 125.7 x 5.1 cm)
Frame: 61 1/2 x 49 1/2 x 2 in. (156.2 x 125.7 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of Lawrence J. Wheeler and Donald Doskey
Object number2012.21
On View
Not on viewPublished ReferencesTracy Chevalier and Colin Wiggins, Tom Hunter: Living in Hell and Other Stories (exhibition catalogue) (London: National Gallery of Art, 2005), discussed 57-58, illus. (color) 36 (not the NCMA version).
John Kessel, "Lover Set on Fire in Bed" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 106.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Director’s Legacy: Larry Wheeler at the NCMA, 1994–2018,” April 28–November 4, 2018.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Reflections on Light: Works from the NCMA Collection,” [Part 2] April 7, 2021–August 15, 2021
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