Lot 214
  • 214

CLAES OLDENBURG | Fagend Study

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Claes Oldenburg
  • Fagend Study
  • stamped with the artist's initials, title, date 1968, and number 22/24 on the end of the cigarette
  • cast aluminum hand painted with enamel
  • 10 by 18 1/2 by 7 in. 25.4 by 47 by 17.8 cm.
  • Conceived in 1968 and cast in 1976, this work is number 22 from an edition of 24.

Provenance

PaceWildenstein, New York
Collection of Gabriel Safdie, Israel
Collection of Yoav Harlap, Israel (acquired from the above)
Christie's London, The Yoav Harlap Collection, 15 October 2006, Lot 101
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Helsinki, Galerie Kajforsbom, Celebrating Leo Castelli and Pop Art, March - April 1988, p. 19, illustrated
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Claes Oldenburg: In the Studio, August 1992 - February 1993, cat. no. 142
Weil am Rhein, Vitra Design Museum, Pop Art Design, October 2012 - February 2013, p. 148, illustrated in color

Literature

Exh. Cat., Richard Koshalek, Frederick R. Weisman: Art Foundation Collection, Los Angeles 2007, p. 164, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling, including minor abrasions to the surface around the rim of the cigarette butt, with small associated losses, and two small losses on the underside of the white portion. There are scattered dust accumulations, particularly in the crevices.
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