Poison

1977

Dennis Oppenheim

Artist, American, 1938 - 2011

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    6 chromogenic prints, 1 printed US Survey Map, and 1 gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Niles Lathem

  • Dimensions

    overall (installed): 127 × 381 cm (50 × 150 in.)
    image (chromogenic print; each): 50.7 × 76.1 cm (19 15/16 × 29 15/16 in.)
    overall (U.S. Survey Map): 102.24 × 152.72 cm (40 1/4 × 60 1/8 in.)
    overall (typeset panel): 32.3 × 122.5 cm (12 11/16 × 48 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2007.110.2.1-8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dennis Oppenheim, New York; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in blue ink: Dennis Oppenheim 1977

Wikidata ID

Q64146564

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