Lot 212
  • 212

CLAES OLDENBURG | Typewriter Erasers - Position Studies

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Claes Oldenburg
  • Typewriter Erasers - Position Studies
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 70
  • watercolor and graphite on paper
  • 14 1/2 by 11 3/4 in. 36.8 by 29.8 cm.

Provenance

Collection of Hannah Wilke, New York (gift of the artist)
The Pace Gallery, New York
Collection of William Louis-Dreyfus, Mt. Kisco, New York (acquired from the above in 1978)
Gift of the above to the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation in 2015

Exhibited

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, New Work by Claes Oldenburg, November 1970
Pasadena Art Museum, Claes Oldenburg: Object into Monument, December 1971 - February 1972
New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Claes Oldenburg Drawings: 1965-1971, December 2008 - January 2009, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is very light evidence of handling to the edges. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist’s chosen medium and working method. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat at the corners. Framed under Plexiglas.
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