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Two stage transfer drawing

Dennis Oppenheimunknown_date
Two stage transfer drawing

Two stage transfer drawing

Two Stage Transfer Drawing is a performance by Dennis Oppenheim that he staged several times in the 1970s in collaboration with his partner and children. Here, we see his wife drawing on the back of their child, who then transfers that drawing onto a sheet of paper. It is a playful interpretation of the dependent bond between parent and child. [text 2025]
Title
Two stage transfer drawing
Object number
34880

Dennis Oppenheim

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Technique
inkt op fotopapier; stift, inkt en pen op karton
Dimensions
  • hoogte 71.4 cm
  • breedte 56.2 cm
Acquisition
bruikleen (2018)
Acquisition credit
Bruikleen in herinnering collectie Wijnand en Annette Wildenberg.
Associated subjects
Inscriptions and marks
signatuur r.o. (stift): Kristin O. Erik. O. [streep eronder]
Rights
Collectie Centraal Museum Utrecht / foto Adriaan van Dam
Documentation
Mothering myths : an abc of art, birth and care, Laurie Cluitmans & Heske ten Cate (eds) ; with contr. by Rosemarie Buikema ...[et al.], Valiz (Amsterdam, 2025) Centraal Museum (Utrecht, 2025) Nest (The Hague, 2025), 312 p.