Claes Oldenburg

The complete multiple, comprising two cast latex sculptures coated with polyurethane, with their felt bags and plastic base, and 13 offset lithographs (postcards, reproductions and notes related to The Knees as London Monument Project) contained in three folders, 1968, signed in pencil on the justification and numbered 35/120, published by Editions Alecto, London, in association with Neuendorf Verlag, Berlin, contained in the original cloth-covered case with screenprinted title (13 prints and 2 sculptures)

The polyurethane coating on the knees has cracks and several associated losses, the cast latex exposed and separating slightly at the seam at the back of one leg. The remaining elements of the multiple are in good condition. The prints on full sheets, most with time stain at the sheet edges, the justification with a single fox mark. The cloth on the case attenuated, lifting at several corners and showing general wear.
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