Lot 620
  • 620

Dennis Oppenheim b. 1938

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Dennis Oppenheim
  • Wishing the Mountains Madness
  • inscribed Dennis Oppenheim 1977 (lower right of text panel)
  • two color photographs, printed map and text, mounted, unframed (4 panels)

  • Three panels: 29 1/2 by 39 1/2 in.; one panel: 30 by 30 in.
  • 75 by 100.5 cm.; 76.2 by 76.2 cm.
  • Executed in 1977, this work is unique.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner directly from the artist

Exhibited

Missoula, Montana, Gallery of Visual Art, University of Montana

Literature

Dennis Oppenheim, Selected Works 1967-90, Thomas McEvilley and Alanna Heiss, Harry N. Abrams Inc. and The Institue for Contemporary Art, P.S. 1 Museum, New York 

Condition

Overall wear and discioloration on all four panels. panel 1: lower corners creased, some loss lower right corner. panel 2: corners worn especially lower right and left. panel 3: panel bowed, scratches lower left, white paint lower right and scattered surface dirt panel 4: corners bumped, edges abraded, scrathces upper right
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