ID 1304019
Lot 195 | Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
Coltello Island: Detail of Fire Station in The Form of a Snake (by Frank O. Gehry) and Office Building in The Form of a Grand Piano Lid
signed and dated 'Oldenburg '84' (lower right)
graphite, wax crayon and watercolor on paper
30 x 23 ½ in. (76.2 x 59.7 cm.)
Executed in 1984.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1987
Literature
G. Celant, et al., The Course of the Knife / Il Corso del Coltello, New York, 1986, p. 55 (illustrated).
G. Celant, et al., Architecture & Arts, 1900-2004: A Century of Creative Projects in Building, Design, Cinema, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Milan, 2004, p. 456 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Venice, Museo Correr, Claes Oldenburg Coosje van Bruggen, May-October 1999.
| Artist: | Claes Oldenburg (1929 - 2022) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, Sweden |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Claes Oldenburg (1929 - 2022) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, Sweden |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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