ID: 700009436 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009436	Record Type: Movable Work

Mothlight (film (visual work); Stan Brakhage (American filmmaker, 1933-2003); 1963; Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, New York stat...; 2000.264)

Titles:

Mothlight (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

film (visual work) [300136900] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

films / videos (preferred)

Creation Date: 1963

Creator Display:

Stan Brakhage (American filmmaker, 1933-2003) [preferred]

filmmaker Brakhage, Stan (American filmmaker, 1933-2003) [500122419]

Locations:

Current: Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303638] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2000.264

Credit Line: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase, with funds from the Film and Video Committee

Display Materials: 16mm film (color, silent)

	film (material by form) [300014637]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>)

Dimensions: 4 minutes

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

nonrepresentational art (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	moths (general) [300250224]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Arthropoda (phylum), Hexapoda (subphylum), Insecta (class), Lepidoptera (order)) (AAT)

	leaves (plant materials) [300011892]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material) (AAT)

	flowers (plant materials) [300264247]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material) (AAT)

	grass (plant material) [300011872]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material) (AAT)

Copyright: © artist or artist’s estate

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual works by class: for video, film, performing arts

............... Mothlight

Sources and Contributors:
Mothlight	........ [VP]
	........ Whitney Museum [online] (2009-) accessed 25 April 2018

Subject: ....... [VP]