Memory Generator - Receiver

Dennis Oppenheim

Caption

Dennis Oppenheim American, 1938–2011. Memory Generator - Receiver, 1979. Graphite and colored pencil on paper, 31 1/8 x 50 in. (79.1 x 127 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jonathan A. Berg, 83.258.4. © artist or artist's estate

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Memory Generator - Receiver

Date

1979

Medium

Graphite and colored pencil on paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

31 1/8 x 50 in. (79.1 x 127 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right: "Dennis Oppenheim 1979 2/2"

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower left: "Wide mesa revolving through skylight. Circuit breakers attached to magnets 65' long"; inscribed center right: "Memory Generator-Receiver Transmitter. Project for: ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, 1979"; inscribed lower right: "A Detection Device - A Thought Transformer-Relay system. Elements activated by the passage of a lie."

Credit Line

Gift of Jonathan A. Berg

Accession Number

83.258.4

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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