Dennis Oppenheim
Chain of Pearls

Chain of Pearls
Chain of Pearls
Chain of Pearls
ArtistAmerican, 1938–2011
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Chain of Pearls
  • from the Fireworks Series
Date1980
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumPen and pencil with traces of blueprint ink on vellum on museum board
DimensionsImage (irregular): 37 3/4 × 80 1/2 in. (95.9 × 204.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number91.1598
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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Singular and Plural: Recent Accessions, Post-War Drawings and Prints," MFAH, June 6 - August 8, 1992.
Exhibited: "Space: Sculptors' Drawings, Drawings about Sculpture," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Foundation Gallery, October 27, 2001 - Janurary 21,
2002.

Exhibited in "The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 10/18/2003-2/8/2004.

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