Apr 19, 2016 - Sale 2411

Sale 2411 - Lot 228

Price Realized: $ 23,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
DENNIS OPPENHEIM (1938-2011)
Accumulation Cut. Mixed-media collage with two photographs, a map of Ithaca, NY, and a typewritten yellow sheet of paper, all affixed to a gray mount, overall size 39 3/4x29 3/4 inches (101x75.6 cm.), with Oppenheim's signature and date, in ink, on mount recto; in a Plexiglass frame. 1969
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Additional Details

Acquired from the John Gibson Gallery, New York, New York; to a Private Collector.

Oppenheim's typewritten caption, which appears on the yellow sheet, reads:

ACCUMULATION CUT. JANUARY 1969. ITHICA [sic], NY.
4 FEET XX 100 FEET.
CUT MADE PERPENDICULAR TO FROZEN WATER FALL.
24 HOURS REQUIRED TO REFREEZE.
EQUIPMENT: GASOLINE POWERED CHAINS SAWS.