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Mist Station (Project for Basel)
Dennis Oppenheim
Contemporary Art
MEDIUM
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
DATES
1979
DIMENSIONS
38 x 50 in. (96.5 x 127 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right: "Dennis Oppenheim"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed on image: "Mist Station Project for Basel, 1979. A collision factory for two passengers. Launch system with pulled back straps extends into trenches, in the earth. Raw material excavated and positioned on steel blades. Mounted carriers on tracks aimed to collide on tracks under 40' steel tower and above angled 20' diameter power blade. Constant flow of water travels from 10' diameter pan and through trough system to descend upon impact point. Spray received by system of mobile collection bins."
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
83.258.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Jonathan A. Berg
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Dennis Oppenheim (American, 1938–2011). Mist Station (Project for Basel), 1979. Graphite and colored pencil on paper, 38 x 50 in. (96.5 x 127 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jonathan A. Berg, 83.258.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.258.3_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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RIGHTS STATEMENT
© Dennis Oppenheim
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