CLAES OLDENBURG (1929-2022) and COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN (1942-2009) - photo 1
CLAES OLDENBURG (1929-2022) and COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN (1942-2009) - photo 2
CLAES OLDENBURG (1929-2022) and COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN (1942-2009) - photo 3
CLAES OLDENBURG (1929-2022) and COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN (1942-2009) - photo 4
CLAES OLDENBURG (1929-2022) and COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN (1942-2009) - photo 5

CLAES OLDENBURG (1929-2022) and COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN (1942-2009)

Lot 124
10.11.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 839058
Lot 124 | CLAES OLDENBURG (1929-2022) and COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN (1942-2009)
Estimate value
$ 5 000 000 – 7 000 000
CLAES OLDENBURG (1929-2022) and COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN (1942-2009)

Typewriter Eraser, Scale X

stamped with the artists' signatures, titled, numbered and dated 'Typewriter Eraser Scale X 3/3 1999'

stainless steel, fiberglass and acrylic polyurethane paint

232 x 143 1/2 x 140 1/4 in. (589 x 364.5 x 356.2 cm.)

Executed in 1998-1999. This work is number three from an edition of three plus an artist's proof.





Provenance

PaceWildenstein, New York.

Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1999.



Literature

I. Molotsky, “A Sculpture Garden at the National Gallery,” in New York Times, 9 May 1999 (another example illustrated, p. 3).

E. Kinsella and B. Hughes, “Art Goes Outdoors,” in Wall Street Journal, 21 May 1999 (another example illustrated, p. W2).

B. Gamarekian, “Miró and Murrow, D.C.’s Latest Attractions,” in New York Times, 13 February 2000 (another example illustrated, p. 21).

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: Typewriter Eraser, Scale X, New York, Center for Public Sculpture, June 2001-December 2002 (another example exhibited).



Exhibited

Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park, September 2006-June 2016 (on loan).



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Other examples from the edition reside in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach.
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