Lot 1188

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Description:

Dennis A. Oppenheim New York (b.1938)
THE DIAMOND CUTTERS WEDDING 1979 (blueprint)
color lithograph, unframed, signed, numbered & dated in pencil: lower right, 39/200, 1980.
page size: H38 1/8" W50"

Provenance: Artwork donated to the Ted Kennedy presidential campaign of 1980.
From a Charlotte, North Carolina private collection.

Other Notes: inscribed: The Diamond Cutters Wedding 1979. Project for A.R.C. Paris. Angled launch with steel tracks carries two raw material projectile sleds, pulled back with heavy rubber straps and aimed at the wire mesh template wall. Middle unit consists of gasoline powered passenger vehicle, also mounted on steel tracks. Immediately behind primary template wall with geometric cut out is an electrically powered pendulum, or cutting device. This device passes back and forth directly above collision tracks. Beyond this point begins the series of hanging screen pulleys. These various sized mesh screens are pierced with occasional streaks, allowing the input flow to correspond. Next is the final series of mobile dividers capable of adjustment, each equipped with a barn door apparatus allowing material control. The receiving unit at the end rotates, carrying a series of sieves or receptacle bins, aided by several excess bins below the ground.

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December 6, 2009 1:00 PM EST
West Columbia, SC, US

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