And Then the Winds Came

Artist Dennis Oppenheim (American, 1938–2011)

Date1983

Mediumpastel, charcoal, oil wash over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensionssheet: 97.4 × 127.8 cm (38 3/8 × 50 5/16 in.)
framed: 107.2 × 137.6 × 7 cm (42 3/16 × 54 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.)

ClassificationsWatercolors

Credit LinePurchased through funds from NEA

Object number1984.32

Label TextOppenheim’s work synthesized ideas and images from conceptual, performance, earth art, and sculpture. He grew up in the San Francisco bay area, and moved to New York in 1966. He made ephemeral earthworks at that time, cutting shapes in ice and snow, or patterns in fields of wheat. This drawing relates to Oppenheim’s public sculpture in which everyday objects are reduced to geometric shapes and monumentalized.ProvenancePhiladelphia Art Alliance

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