Lot 140
  • 140

Claes Oldenburg

Estimate
40,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Claes Oldenburg
  • Fagend Study
  • stamped with artist's initials and number 1/24
  • painted cast aluminum
  • 10 by 18 1/2 by 6 in. 25.4 by 47 by 15.2 cm.
  • Conceived in 1968 and cast in 1976, this work is number 1 from an edition of 24.

Provenance

Lippincott, Inc., New Haven

Exhibited

Cincinnati, Carl Solway Gallery, Claes Oldenburg: A Complete Survey of Sculptures in Edition 1963 - 1990, 1990, no. 19, illustrated (edition no. 6/24)
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Claes Oldenburg, 1976, no. 13, illustrated (edition no. 7/24)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Claes Oldenburg: In the Studio,1992, no. 142, illustrated (edition no. 22/24)

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition. There is evidence of minor handling and wear. Otherwise, there are no condition problems with this work.
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