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A color photograph of a range of hills.

The color photograph shows a range of hills covered with grass, with several stands of trees spread out across the tops and side of the hills in the background. The grass appears washed in a light color in patches. The word “Anthrax” is written across the base of a hill in the center foreground. The sky which fills the upper two-thirds of the picture plane is darkest blue in the right and fades to a light gray where the hills on the left meet the sky. The words “Branded Mountain (1969)/10’ x 60’/Burnt Grass/Hillside Near Martinez, California” are printed underneath the photograph.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.8.2
People
Dennis Oppenheim, American (Electric City, Washington 1938 - 2011 New York, New York)
Title
Anthrax
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Mind Twist: A Portfolio of Burnt Out Thoughts
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1977
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, California
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337320

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
49.8 x 75 cm (19 5/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
sheet: 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, below image: BRANDED MOUNTAIN (1969) / 10' X 60' / BURNT GRASS / HILLSIDE NEAR MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA
  • inscription: recto, bottom edge of sheet, in blue ink: Anthrax TP 2/2 Dennis Oppenheim 1977

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sotheby's, London, c. 2000, sold; to [Richard Saltoun], London, c.2000-2010, sold; to [G.W. Einstein Company, Inc, New York, New York], 2010, sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Dennis Oppenheim Estate
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.8.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/07/2015 - 04/06/2016

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