Agnes Denes

When the Pyramid Awakens--Study for Environmental Sculpture
1983

A black and white op art print featuring a geometric shape that creates a three-dimensional illusion on a flat surface. The shape resembles a twisted plane with a fine grid pattern that distorts to give the impression of depth and curvature. The artwork is signed in the bottom right corner.
A black and white op art print featuring a geometric shape that creates a three-dimensional illusion on a flat surface. The shape resembles a twisted plane with a fine grid pattern that distorts to give the impression of depth and curvature. The artwork is signed in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1983

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on plastic

Dimensions
Sheet: 34 5/8 × 48 1/4in. (87.9 × 122.6 cm)

Accession number
2001.169

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Postwar Committee and Charles Tanenbaum

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/13880

Agnes Denes
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