Material Interchange Stage #1. Fingernail Lodged Between Gallery Floor Boards.

1970

Dennis Oppenheim American, 1938 - 2011

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Title Material Interchange Stage #1. Fingernail Lodged Between Gallery Floor Boards.

Artwork Date 1970

Artist Dennis Oppenheim

Life Dates 1938 - 2011

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Gelatin silver print and cut paper mounted to board

Dimensions Overall: 30 × 40 inches (76.2 × 101.6 cm)

Classification Photographs

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2023.591.1

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Inscriptions Printed in white on black, along bottom: MATERIAL INTERCHANGE STILLS FROM 8MM FILM. MAY 1970. STAGE #1. FINGERNAIL LODGED BETWEEN GALLERY FLOOR BOARDS.

Marks Printed label, verso: John Gibson | 568 Broadway | New York, NY 10012 Printed label, verso: YOUR ART IS PROTECTED BY A CLEAR SHEET OF SAFE, | SHATTERPROOF, PLEXIGLASS. | TO CLEAN, USE A MIXTURE OF ALCOHOL AND WATER | ON A WAD OF ABSORBENT COTTON. DO NOT USE | SCOURING POWDERS, SOAPS, GLASS CLEANERS CON- | TAINING AMMONIA, OR HARSH RAGS. | IF NOT ABUSED, PLEXIGLASS WILL REMAIN CLEAR AND | BRIGHT FOR YEARS. Orange label, handwritten, affixed verso: PARKER WEB[sic] | DET 2/2

Provenance

1996, (John Gibson Gallery, New York, New York, USA);
1996-2020, acquired by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Dennis Oppenheim, Material Interchange Stage #1. Fingernail Lodged Between Gallery Floor Boards., 1970, gelatin silver print and cut paper mounted to board. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.591.1.

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