The Pyramids As They Were
Artist
Agnes Denes
(American, born 1938)
Date1994
Mediumlithograph on white Arches Cover wove paper
Dimensions63 x 90.2 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineStoddard Acquisition Fund
Object number2010.22
Label TextAn influential Conceptual artist, Denes often draws from science and philosophy in her work. This print is one from a series in which she mapped an ancient Egyptian pyramid, delineating each component stone to quantify its scale and geometric dimension. Metallic ink enhances the technical, manmade character of the image. Other prints in the suite distort the methodically quantified image according to the tenets of Einsteinian Relativity.ProvenanceG.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, NYOn View
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