Claes Oldenburg

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 USD

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Description

Claes Oldenburg
Typewriter Eraser
incised with the artist's signature and number 2/18; incised with the artist's name, title, date 1977, number 2/18 and stamped with the Lippincott foundry mark on the base
Ferrocement, aluminum painted with acrylic, and stainless steel
33 by 30 by 27 in. 83.8 by 76.2 by 68.5 cm.
Executed in 1977, this work is from an edition of 18 plus 5 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Lippincott, Inc., North Haven
Acquired by the present owner from the above in October 1977

Exhibited

Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, Claes Oldenburg: An Exhibition of Recent Small Scale Fabricated Works and Drawings, 1977, no. 12 (edition number unknown)
Cincinnati, Carl Solway Gallery, Claes Oldenburg: A Complete Survey of Sculptures in Edition 1963 - 1990, 1990, no. 22 (edition number unknown)
Miami, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami Pops! Pop Art from Miami Collections, 1996, p. 27, illustrated (edition no. 14/18)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, An American Legacy, A Gift to New York, 2002, p. 81, illustrated (edition no. 18/18)
Nashville, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Real Illusions: Contemporary Art from Nashville Collections, February - June 2003, cat. no. 33, p. 46 (edition no. 17/18)

Literature

Contemporary Sculpture from the Martin Z. Marguiles Collection, Coconut Grove, 1986, p. 106, illustrated in color (edition no. AP 3/5)

Condition

This work is in good condition. There are a few minute spot losses and scattered light abrasions to the enamel of the blue strands at the end of the sculpture. There are a few fine abrasions on the stainless steel. There is an extremely fine superficial crack to the ferrocement 'eraser' located at the bottom center. There is a dark linear abrasion along the bottom edge, near the resting point of the ferrocement 'eraser'. Otherwise, the sculpture is structurally sound with no other apparent condition problems.
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