Modern + Contemporary + Design | October 13, 2022
Thu, Oct 13, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 14
Dennis Oppenheim Study, And The Mind Grew Fingers
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
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(New York, 1938-2011)
1983, inscribed upper left "Study For.. And/The Mind Grew Fingers/Steel Frame Electric/Fan. Ribbons/13' x 9' x 9' Project/For. S.F. Calif.", signed lower right "Dennis Oppenheim 1983", graphite, crayon, ink, charcoal, oil wash, and oil pastel on paper, 38-1/4 x 50-1/4 in.; wood frame with acrylic, 39 x 51 in.
Note: Dennis Oppenheim was a pioneer in earthworks and conceptual art. His New York Times Obituary attempts to explain this enigmatic artist stating, "Belonging to a generation of artists who saw portable painting and sculpture as obsolete, Mr. Oppenheim started out in the realm of the esoteric, the immaterial and the chronically unsalable. But he was always a showman, not averse to the circuslike, or to courting danger."
For another drawing from the series see The Philadelphia Museum of Art accession number 1984-46-1.
For a similar work see also: Christie's New York, 6 May 1991, lot 254
Related exhibition: MoMA, New York City, New York, P.S. 1 exhibition "Dennis Oppenheim: And the Mind Grew Fingers", December 8, 1991?February 9, 1992. (MoMA PS1 Archives, II.A.587.) .
Provenance: Private Collection, Princeton, New Jersey
Condition
loose, good condition, not removed from frame, frame and acrylic with abrasions
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