Claes Oldenburg
Sketch for a Sculpture in the Form of a Steel Tack (Axsom & Platzker 176)
Estimate:
1,000 - 2,000 USD
Claes Oldenburg
b.1929
Sketch for a Sculpture in the Form of a Steel Tack (Axsom & Platzker 176)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1981, signed in pencil and numbered 47/100 (total edition includes ten artist's proofs), also inscribed in Japanese, from Marginalia - Hommage to Shimizu, on Barcham Green paper, printed by Maruice Payne, New York, published by Marginalia Publishing Group, Modern Prints Workshop, Gendai Hanga Kobo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, framed
plate: 339 by 254 mm 13⅜ by 10 in
sheet: 557 by 453 mm 21⅞ by 17¾ in
framed: 639 by 565 mm 25⅛ by 22¼ in
With full margins, the print is in good condition.
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