Dennis Oppenheim

Detail of Wave Wall
1984

A colorful architectural sketch featuring abstract forms that resemble a structure with flowing lines and curves, annotated with notes about materials like rolled steel and iron. The drawing includes text indicating it's a project for West Palm Beach, Florida, titled "Dreams and Nightmares, Journey of a Broken Weave," and notes the structure is 18 feet high. The background shows watercolor washes in soft hues, adding a dreamy quality to the sketch.
A colorful architectural sketch featuring abstract forms that resemble a structure with flowing lines and curves, annotated with notes about materials like rolled steel and iron. The drawing includes text indicating it's a project for West Palm Beach, Florida, titled "Dreams and Nightmares, Journey of a Broken Weave," and notes the structure is 18 feet high. The background shows watercolor washes in soft hues, adding a dreamy quality to the sketch.

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Date
1984

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil, oil-based pastel and oil-based pastel washes on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 38 1/8 × 50 1/16in. (96.8 × 127.2 cm)

Accession number
2001.146

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Clifford Streit in honor of Beth Rudin DeWoody

Rights and reproductions
Courtesy of the artist

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Dennis Oppenheim
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