Study for "Lungs with Brushes"

1992

Dennis Oppenheim

Artist, American, 1938 - 2011

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil wash, metallic paint, oil pastel, colored pencil, and graphite on four sheets of wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    overall (four sheets): 254 × 193.04 cm (100 × 76 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.3072

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • Collection in Focus: New Acquisitions—Major Works by Dennis Oppenheim, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999

2006

  • Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006

Inscriptions

lower right in oil pastel (vertical): Dennis Oppenheim 1972.
text in image:
Study for Lung with Brushes. / Hard Foam Crushed Black Glass - Electric / Turntable - Brushes 6 Feet High

Wikidata ID

Q64541029

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