CLAES OLDENBURG (American b. 1929). Strawberry Skull Bike Seat, 1975. ...

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CLAES OLDENBURG (American b. 1929)
Strawberry Skull Bike Seat, 1975
Sugar-lift and spitbite aquatint in four colors on white, medium smooth paper colléd and embossed on purple-white, thick and slightly textured Farnsworth handmade paper watermarked with the artist's signature
8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm) (plate)
24 1/8 x 18 3/8 inches (61.3 x 46.7 cm) (sheet)
Signed lower right in pencil: Oldenburg
Numbered lower left in pencil: 32/35
Blind stamped lower right: Crown Point Press John Slivon [Oakland, CA]
Rubber stamped on verso, lower right © Claes Oldenburg 1975
Inscribed in the plate: homage / strawberry / skull [pic.] / bike seat
Published by Multiples, New York, and Castelli Graphics, New York

Provenance:
Leo Castelli, New York, New York;
Acquired by Jeffrey Weiss, Dallas, Texas

Literature:
Richard Axsom and David Platzker, Printed Stuff. Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg. A Catalogue Raisonné, Hudson Hills Press in association with Madison Art Center, Wisconsin, 1997, no. 128

More information about CLAES OLDENBURG. See also: Oldenburg, Claes, Oldenburg, Claes Thure, Claes Oldenburg Artist.

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