Dennis Oppenheim
Radiant Fountain

Radiant Fountain
Radiant Fountain
Radiant Fountain
ArtistAmerican, 1938–2011
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Radiant Fountain
Date2010
Commissioned forHouston, Texas, United States
MediumGraphite, colored pencil, oil wash, oil pastel, spray paint on two sheets of wove paper
Dimensions77 × 50 in. (195.6 × 127 cm)
Credit LineGift of A. P. Oppenheim
Object number2012.572
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, New York, 2010-2011; inherited by A.P. Oppenheim, New York, 2011-2012; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed with oil pastel on lower edge: RADIANT FOUNTAIN BUSH / AIRPORT \ HOUSTON TEXAS
Signed in oil pastel along the right edge: Dennis Oppenheim 2010

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