Lot 61
  • 61

Claes Oldenburg

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Claes Oldenburg
  • Fixture for a London Taxi: Interior Lamp in the Form of an Ear
  • signed with the artist's initials, dated 1966 and inscribed Taxi mon. ear
  • casein and crayon on paper

  • 14 1/2 by 21 1/2 in.
  • 36.8 by 54.6 cm.

Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Louise Ferrari, Houston
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Pasadena Art Museum, Claes Oldenburg - Object into Monument, December 1971 - February 1972, cat. no. 88

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The paper has yellowed very mildly with age, and there are soft handling creases vsible, mostly along the edges. The paper is mounted to an archival matte at the edges verso. Framed under Plexiglas and in a birchwood strip frame. The orgininal labels from Sidney Janis, Louise Ferrari and Pasadena are preserved and mounted to the backingboard.
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