Lot 408
  • 408

Claes Oldenburg

Estimate
12,000 - 16,000 USD
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Description

  • Claes Oldenburg
  • Hard Times Bulb - Day (Axsom/Platzker 256); Hard Times Bulb - Night (Axsom/Platzker 257)
  • Each initialed lower right
    Each edition of 18
  • One-color lithograph with chine collé, coat hanger and pin
  • each image: approx. 30 1/8 by 16 in. 76.5 by 40.7 cm.
  • each sheet: approx. 31 5/8 by 23 1/4 in. 80.4 by 59.0 cm.
each print initialed in pencil, dated on the verso 1995 and the first and second numbered 15 and 17, respectively
two monoprints in black, Japan paper colléd to Koller HMP Canvas paper (first) and gray Dieu Donné paper (second), each with coat hangers suspended from pins placed by the artist
the blind- and ink stamps (verso) of the of printer and publisher, Gemini G.E.L, Los Angeles (2 prints)

Condition

The prints are in good condition, the full sheets. Three hinges inconspicuously press through the top sheet edge of Hard Times Bulb - Day (A. / P. 256). Framed.
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Catalogue Note

Both executed in 1995, Hard Times Bulb - Day and Hard Times Bulb - Night are unique monoprints from editions of 27 unique prints.