Humaliwo Chambers
Artist
Benjamin Lord
(American, born 1974)
CultureAmerican
Date2010
MediumOffset lithograph stereoscopic prints, stereoviewer, plywood
Dimensions13 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (34.3 × 19.7 × 22.2 cm)
PortfolioFrom the Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project
Credit LineGifts of Lynn Gumpert in memory of Amy L. Brandt (1978-2015), the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art from 2011 to 2015
Object number2016.26.3
Not on view
DescriptionStereoscopic prints and stereoviewer. Humaliwo Chambers refers to fictional caves in Malibu, California, by the names assigned to them by the Chumash, the First Nations native to the area. The passages and caves evoke the conflicted history of the cultures occupying this area. The three portfolios or volumes that contain the 25 stereoscopic prints include I) The approach to the site II) The interiors III) Artifacts recovered from the subterranean chambers. Humaliwo Chambers is not numbered, nor is the limit of the edition indicated, but the gift editions range between 2500-5000.ProvenanceThe work was a December 2010 gift of the Peter Norton, Los Angeles, who commissioned it from the artist. The work was a gift to the donor, Lynn Gumpert, from Peter Norton. Lynn Gumpert donated the work to the Chrysler Museum of Art in September 2016.
19th century
