Dennis OPPENHEIM:
Extended Homerange for an Organism. 1968.
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Unique work.
Drawing, collage, Lettraset, typed text on paper mounted on cardboard.
Signed and dated Nov 1968 by D. Oppenheim in black pencil. 52.4x54.9
cm (20 1/2x21 1/2").
Typed text by D. Oppenheim:
"The dark area divided into quadrants represents the
homerange of an organism. Traps were set in the center of each
quadrant so that the homerange of the animal could be determined
on the basis of quadrants that were occupied. The dotted line
represents the boundry of the homerange, and the number within
the quadrant represents the number of times the animal was caught
in a particular trap. Number 8 is the location of the homesite
or center of activity. The scale has been increased 1,000 times,
and the homesite relocated near Amarillo, Texas (light green),
in an area that showed the highest and lowest temperature difference
for Thurs., June 29, 1967. "
Prov.: John Gisbon Gallery (gallery paper label glued on
the back), NY, then private owner.
Dennis OPPENHEIM:
A Sound Enclosed Land Area. 1969.

A card box with lid containing 1 folded map, part of the city
of Milan + 1 audio magnetic tape (recorded live sounds of a defined
area in the city of Milan).
Box: 22 x 22 x 2.5 cm.
Map, unfolded:
54 x 54 cm.
Gabriele Mazzotta Editore and Galeria Lambert, Milan,
Italy, 1969.
Edition of 90 copies, dated, numbered and signed
by D. Oppenheim on the map. Also numbered, printed, on the back
of the box.
Dennis Oppenheim recorded himself walking a pre-mapped route on the streets of Milan and played it back inside the gallery F. Lambert, Milan.
Reference:
Buchholz - Magnani 1993: p. 151; Lailach 2005: pp. 146 & 147 (reprod.); Whitechapel Art Gallery: 3-infinite : new multiple art, p. 60.
Dennis OPPENHEIM
The Whitewater Pieces

Announcement.
Offset lithograph. Black print on a sheet of white white paper.
Folded in two as issued, picture and text on only the two inside pages.
Unfolded: 28 x 43.2 cm.
Folded: 28 x 21.6 cm.
Solo show "Whitewater Pieces", March 12-31 at Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, Wisconsin, U.S.A., 1970.
Dennis OPPENHEIM:
Towards Becoming a Scarecrow. 1971.

Black and white gelatin silver print.
20x25 cm.
Titled, dated and signed by D. Oppenheim in black ink on the
back. Dedicated to a French art dealer in September 1978, with
signature.
Dennis OPPENHEIM:
Dennis Opppenheim 1967-1971. 1972.
Artist book.
(48)p. ill. Softcover. 20x13.5 cm. M. Fels & Cedic, Paris,
1972. Published on the occasion of the show at galerie M. Fels,
1972.
Dennis OPPENHEIM:
Long Island Railroad.
1973.

Unique.
On a plate of white cardboard are mounted:
1 color photo (red light), gelatin silver print, with, underneath,
an handwritten text in black pencil: "Installation Sonnabend
Show, 1973";
1 offset photo, with, underneath, an handwritten text in black
pencil: "Installation picture"
1 map of the Long Island Railroad on paper with a sign drawn
in blue felt pen in the image.
1 typed text on a piece of white paper.
70.7x55.3 cm (full plate, no margins).
Signed and dated by D. Oppenheim in black pencil, in the lower
right corner.
Condition:
Water stains along the lower edge; 3 corners bumped; scotch tape
piece (8.5 cm long x 0.5 cm width) on the right edge; scotch
tape mark (8.5cm long x 0.5 cm width) on the upper edge; vertical
lack of paper to the right edge of the Long Island Railroad image.
Typed text reads:
PREDICTIONS.
"THE TRACK SECTION SPOTED IN RED LIGHT IS SURROGATE FOR
AN EXISTING TRACK LOCATED BETWEEN SYOSSET AND HUNTINGTON AT THE
ANOTT SIGNAL ON THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD.
THIS XXXXXX SECTION WAS CONCENTRATED UPON UNTIL I COULD BASILY
PRODUCE A MENTAL PICTURE OF IT. THIS IMAGE WAS THEN MENTALLY
SUPERIMPOSED ONTO THE SURROGATE TRACK DURING THE RECORDING OF
THE COLLISION DATE.
THE MODEL TRAINS PASS THIS ZONE AT THE RATE OF APPROXIMATELY
5000 R.P.M.'S PER DAY ("XXXX 250 TIMES AS FREQUENT AS THE
L.I.R.R.'S DAILY CROSSINGS).
THE INSTALLATION WILL BE XXXXXX ACTIVATED AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY,
FOR AS LONG PERIOD AS POSSIBLE DURING THE EXHIBITION AND AT SUBSEQUENT
EXHIBITIONS, UNTIL 11,22 P.M. JUNE 10th, 1988."
Dennis OPPENHEIM:
Projects.
1973.
10 color lithographs,
projects from 1968 to 1972, on Arches paper housed in printed
card portfolio with cloth ties.
Each lithograph is dated 1973, numbered and signed in black pencil.
Paper, full margins: 76.4 x 56.6 cm (30 5/64 x 22 9/32 in.).
Portfolio: 77.2 x 75.7 x 1.3 cm (30 3/8 x 22 7.8 x 1/2 in.).
Publishers: John Gibson and Multiples Inc., in collaboration
with Sonnabend Gallery, NYC, NY, 1973.
Printer: Landfall Press Inc., Chicago, IL.
Edition of 81.
Fine copy.
Contents:
1: Land Slide.
1968
2: Annual Rings. 1968
3: Removal - Transplant New York Stock Exchange. 1969
4: Ground Mutations. 1969
5: Cancelled Crops - Direct Seeding. 1969
6: Lead Sink For Sebastian. 1970
7: Rocked Circle - Fear. 1970
8: Protection. 1971
9: 2000' Shadow Protection. 1972
10: Polarities. 1972
Dennis OPPENHEIM:
2 Stage Transfert Drawing. 1:
Chandra to Dennis. 2: Dennis to Chandra. 1974.
Prints.
Diptych. Each of the two plates: a sheet of white Arches paper
on which are mounted two original b/w photos and a small piece
of paper with silkprinted text, and is silkprinted a 2-color
drawing, reproduction of the one made by Oppenheim's daughter,
Chandra. Edition of 52 copies for #1 "Chandra to Dennis"
and 50 for #2 "Dennis to Chandra". Each: 56.5x76.4
cm. Each plate is numbered, dated 1974 and signed by both artist
and daughter.
Dennis OPPENHEIM:
Proposals 1967-1974. 1975.
Artist book and prints.
Artist book:
Unpaginated (c.65pp.).
Softcover. 29.2x42 cm.
Edition: Lebeer-Hossmann, Brussels, Belgium and Hamburg, Germany.
Production Jacques Ledoux, Brussels, 1975.
Edition of 500 numbered and signed copies. The drawings have
been printed apart in 75 signed and numbered copies. This copy,
signed, numbered 475.
The colophon
page of the book reads:
"There is a special edition of 75 copies of each of the
4 rolls composed of 62 blue prints at format 1".
THIS COPY
COMES WITH ONE OF THE 75 COPIES OF THE 62 BLUEPRINTS HOUSED,
LOOSE, IN FOUR TUBES.
Prints:
62 blueprints, each dated and signed in black pencil, at different
formats, offset lithograph, rolled in four tubes, offset lithograph.
Blue series:
10 blueprints, each dated 1967 and signed in black pencil
Sepia series: 14 blueprints, each dated 1967-1968 and signed
in black pencil
Black series: 13 blueprints, each dated 1969-1971 and signed
in black pencil
Red series: 25 blueprints, each (except one) dated 1971-1974
and signed in black pencil
The colophon
plate, dated, numbered and signed (sepia), reads:
"Seventy-five copies of this edition have been published
numbered from 1 to 75 with ten examples Hors Commerce numbered
H.C. I to X. Every copy includes 62 blue prints printed on a
scale 1:1 in conformance with the original drawings on drafting
paper. Signed by the artist, they represent the totality of the
projects of Dennis Oppenheim conceived between 1967 and 1974
and are grouped in four tubes as follows: 1967 (Blue series);
1967-1968 (Sepia series); 1969-1971 (Black series); 1971-1974
(Red series). This copy is numbered: 50."
Edition: Lebeer-Hossmann,
Brussels, Belgium and Hamburg, Germany. Production Jacques Ledoux,
Brussels, 1975.
Book: Very
Good+. Rolls and plans: VG+/Fine.
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Dennis OPPENHEIM
Dennis Oppenheim
Projects 1967 1974.
Artist exhibition
poster.
Color offset.
44x69.8 cm.
Signed and dated in oil pastel all along the right edge.
For the show at Alessandra Castelli, l'Uomo e L'Arte, Milan,
Feb. 1975.
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Dennis OPPENHEIM:
Recent Works.
1975.
Artist exhibition poster.
Screenprint in colors on white paper. Machingun Fire / Echo /
Space Exhaustion / Attempt of Raise Hell / Wishing Well / Whirlpool.
Folded. Unfolded: 57.2x76.2 cm. Show at John Gibson Gallery,
New York, January 4 - 29, 1975. Wear at folds.
Dennis OPPENHEIM:
Identity Transfer. Objectified Counter Forces. 1978.

Print.
Offset lithograph. 76x56 cm. Unspecified edition. Signed and
dated in pencil, lower margin.
Dennis OPPENHEIM:
Study for Toronto Clock Tower. Car train, Boat with revolving
sails. Cement and steel frame. 1989.

Drawing. Unique
piece.
Colored pastel and painting on white paper. 64.4x49 cm. Dated
1989 and signed in the right side margin.
Provenance: Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, then private collection.