Study for "Formula Compound (A Combustion Chamber)", 1982

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series Title

Fireworks Series

Medium

pen with black and blue inks, graphite, and watercolor on cut and taped imitation vellum with green wove paper mounted to paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 193.04 × 142.24 cm (76 × 56 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

Accession Number

2015.19.3073

Artists / Makers

Dennis Oppenheim (artist) American, 1938 - 2011

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Inscription

right edge in purple crayon (vertical): Dennis Oppenheim 1982

text in image:
Study for Formula / Compound Project / For Oakland California 1982 / (From The Fireworks Series) / Using Class A Rockets, Flares, / Fountains. / 40' x 60' x 100'

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Oppenheim, Dennis

Exhibition History

1993: Dennis Oppenheim, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland, 1993, no. 12

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