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Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Van Bruggen
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Van Bruggen
- Soft Book
- canvas filled with foam
- 42 1/2 by 28 1/2 by 19 in. 108 by 72.4 by 48.3 cm.
- Executed in 1985.
Provenance
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection, Zurich (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 2002, Lot 127
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection, Zurich (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 2002, Lot 127
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Venice, Campo dell'Arsenale, Il Corso del Coltello, 6-8 September 1985 (performance)
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Il Corso del Coltello (The Course of the Knife): Props, Costumes and Designs by Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry, December 1986 - January 1987
Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, Il Corso del Coltello (The Course of the Knife): Props, Costumes and Designs by Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry, January - February 1988
London, The Mayor Gallery, Claes Oldenburg: Eight Sculptures 1961-1987, October - November 1990, cat. no. 7, illustrated in color
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Il Corso del Coltello (The Course of the Knife): Props, Costumes and Designs by Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry, December 1986 - January 1987
Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, Il Corso del Coltello (The Course of the Knife): Props, Costumes and Designs by Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry, January - February 1988
London, The Mayor Gallery, Claes Oldenburg: Eight Sculptures 1961-1987, October - November 1990, cat. no. 7, illustrated in color
Literature
Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen and Frank O. Gehry, The Course of the Knife, Milan 1986, pp. 201 and 223, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art (and traveling), Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology, 1995-1996, p. 431, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art (and traveling), Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology, 1995-1996, p. 431, illustrated
Condition
This work is in very good and sound condition overall. A light surface soiling is visible throughout.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"[Coosje] van Bruggen envisioned an investigation of reality and fantasy, with architecture representing reality and performance being fantasy, Oldenburg said. But the concept of duality eventually evolved into the theme of a production based on the tension between old and new Venice, riddled with double-entendres and performed by characters who had two identities."
Suzanne Muchnic, "Claes Oldenburg on a Comic Roll with 'House Ball,' Sculpture of the Commonplace," Los Angeles Times, 11 January 1988