Study for "Second Sight for a Staircase"

1980

Dennis Oppenheim

Artist, American, 1938 - 2011

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and blue ink, graphite, and highlighter on cut and taped imitation vellum mounted to paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    overall: 72.39 × 127 cm (28 1/2 × 50 in.)
    board: 101.6 × 152.4 cm (40 × 60 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.3074

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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

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Dennis Oppenheim 1980.
text in image:
Study For Second Sight For A / Staircase. Project For Geneva 1980 / Bellows - Spinning Disks. Drum Skins. / Butane Torch. Revolving Catherine Wheels. / (From The Fireworks Series) 20' x 30' x 50'

Wikidata ID

Q64541035

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