Double Negative

Michael Heizer American, born 1944

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Double Negative

1970

Michael Heizer

born 1944

American

Unknown

Offset lithograph on paper

Sheet: 35 × 57 inches (88.9 × 144.8 cm) Framed: 37 1/4 × 59 1/8 inches (94.6 × 150.2 cm)

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Contemporary Art after 1950

Gift of Sheila and Jan van der Marck in honor of Lila Silverman

1993.74

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Marked, printed in black ink, upper right: MICHAEL HEIZER DWAN NEVADA NEW YORK 1970 Marked, printed in black ink, lower center: DOUBLE NEGATIVE | 1100 X 42 X 30 | 40000 TONS DISPLACEMENT

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Michael Heizer, Double Negative, 1970, offset lithograph on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Sheila and Jan van der Marck in honor of Lila Silverman, 1993.74.

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