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Title

Le rayon vert (The Green Light)
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Peter Fischli, David Weiss
Date

1993
Institution Walker Art Center
Location Not on view.
Le rayon vert (The Green Light), Peter Fischli, David Weiss
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Susan Rotilie  August 23, 2010

This artwork is on view in the Walker exhibition A Shot in the Dark (August 12, 2010 - January 30, 2011).

Abbie Anderson  April 27, 2013

File under STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics)

This artwork's title refers to:

  • an optical phenomena known as a "green flash" that occurs at sunset when the Earth's atmosphere functions as a prism, separating light into its constituent colors.
  • A Jules Verne novel from 1882.
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