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Lot 256
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Claes Oldenburg

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Claes Oldenburg
  • Bicycle Bell
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 1966
  • charcoal and wash on paper
  • 23 by 30cm.; 9 by 11 3/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Stockholm (acquired in the early 1970s)

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Skulpturer och Teckningar, 1966, n.p. illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the paper tone tends more towards cream in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is floating in the frame. There is extremely light undulation to the sheet.
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