Claes Oldenburg

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Onnasch Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1973)
Galerie Alfred Schmela, Düsseldorf
Acquired by the present owner from the above in May 1975

 

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, New Work by Oldenburg, March - April, 1966, cat. no. 29, p. 13, illustrated
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs - Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, November 1983 - April 1984, cat. no. 253, p. 81, illustrated
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Schwerpunkt Skulptur, June - October 1992
Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Werke der Pop Art aus der Sammlung Lauffs, March - August 2002, frontispiece, illustrated in color (installation shot)

Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld, Schwerpunkt Skulptur: Hundertvierzig Werke von achtzig Künstlern, 1950-1990, Bonn, 1992, cat. no. 97, p. 46, illustrated (titled Airflow Model #5)

This work is in very good condition overall. The tops of each door have accumulated airborne dirt and dust primarily on the outer top and inner bottom edges of the window openings. There are faint handling marks at the top of the windows possibly associated with installation. The door inscribed door # 1 inside front has a small cluster of tiny brown specks located 11 in. from the bottom and 4 ¼ in. from the left and 2 brown accretions on the lateral left side, located 12 in. up from the bottom. On the door without an inscription, there is a faint brownish stain located 7 ½ in. from the right and 22 – 23 in. from the bottom. On the door inscribed outer right there is a brown stain, located 9 in. from the top and extending 1 in. in from the right edge.
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