ID 921062
Lot 179 | CLAES OLDENBURG (1929-2022)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
Study for a Sculpture in the Form of a Saw, Cutting
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 'Model, Saw Mon. CO. 1973' (on the underside)
spray enamel, shellac and graphite on cardboard
17 1/2 x 10 x 10 in. (44.5 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Provenance
Private collection, New York, acquired directly from the artist
Dickinson Roundell, Inc., New York
Private collection
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 11 November 2009, lot 145
Private collection
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 22 September 2010, lot 111
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Dickinson Roundell, Inc., Aftershock: The Legacy of the Readymade in Post-War Contemporary American Art, May-June 2003, pp. 58 and 59, no. 18 (illustrated).
Rivoli-Turin, Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Claes Oldenburg Coosje van Bruggen: Sculpture by the Way, October 2006-February 2007, p. 84 (illustrated).
Artist: | Claes Oldenburg (1929 - 2022) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Artist: | Claes Oldenburg (1929 - 2022) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Address of auction |
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