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Artist or Maker: Dennis A. Oppenheim (b. 1938)

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Description: Dennis A. Oppenheim (b. 1938)
Above the Wall of Electrocution
titled and inscribed 'ELECTRICAL PLUGS, ABOVE THE WALL OF ELECTROCUTION, FABRIC/FANS/MASKS' (along the lower edge); signed and dated 'Dennis Oppenheim 1989' (along the right edge)
charcoal, watercolour, enamel and coloured chalks on two sheets of paper
76¼ x 50in. (193.7 x 127cm.)
Executed in 1989

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Provenance: Private Collection, Europe.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

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Notes: 'Art is a wiry, electric force'
Stuart Morgan Dennis Oppenheim interviewed , New York Arts Journal, 1978, p. 30