Skip to main content
Image Not Available for My Name In Lights

My Name In Lights

(American, born in 1971)
2006
Medium/TechniquePlastic tubing, paint, electrical wire, black electrical 3-wire plug, plastic transformer box, white electrical outlet cover, electrical black tape, 1-hole cable metal straps (6), paper installation template.
DimensionsOverall (name parts): 55.9 x 127 x 8.9 cm (22 x 50 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Kimberly Banovic and Allison Salke
Accession number2016.67
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance2006, consigned by the artist to Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston; 2006, sold by Allston Skirt Gallery to Allison Salke, Jamaica Plain, MA; 2016, gift of Allison Salke to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 23, 2016)
Magicoal Electric Fire
Accessories Manufacturers Limited
late 1930s
Group shot: 2009.4954-5
George Nelson
designed 1947; made 1952–79
Group shot: 2009.4954-5
George Nelson
designed 1947; made 1952–79
Group shot: 2006.1931-1933
Gosta Thames, Ralph Lysell and Hugo Blomberg
designed 1955, made 1961–72
Group shot: 2006.1931-1933
Gosta Thames, Ralph Lysell and Hugo Blomberg
designed 1955, made 1961–72
Group shot: 2006.1931-1933
Gosta Thames, Ralph Lysell and Hugo Blomberg
designed 1955, made 1961–72
"Highboy" electric clock
Paul Feher
designed about 1938
"Burlington Zephyr" electric train model
Western Coil & Electric Company
designed about 1934; manufactured about 1934 - about 1940