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Nail Sharpening from Program Five by Dennis Oppenheim — VisualArtsDB

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Nail Sharpening from Program Five

Dennis Oppenheim

1970

Medium: Super 8mm film transferred to video (color, silent)
Dimensions: 6:02 min.
Genre: Video
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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