Annual Rings

1968

Dennis Oppenheim

Associated Names
Dennis Oppenheim

Artist, American, 1938 - 2011

This is a photograph of a landscape featuring an international boundary line and schematic patterns in the snow. The image includes a snow-covered terrain intersected by a river with concentric lines in the snow resembling annual tree rings, a map section, a green-tinted image of a sign denoting the international boundary line between the United States and Canada, and a description with the work's title, date, and location at the USA-Canada boundary near Fort Kent, Maine, and Clair, New Brunswick.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    4 chromogenic prints and 2 photomechanical prints

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet/mount (each approximately): 101.6 × 152.4 cm (40 × 60 in.)
    overall: 203.2 × 508 cm (80 × 200 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3071.a-f

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dennis Oppenheim, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist on text panel, bottom right of mount in graphite: Dennis Oppenheim; bottom right corner: 1968; panel number, followed by letter A inscribed on verso of all six panels

Wikidata ID

Q64146574

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