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Claes Oldenburg
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Claes Oldenburg
- Study of Bed with Bedtables - Bedroom Ensemble
- signed with the artist's initials
- chalk and spray enamel on paper mounted on board
- 26 3/8 by 41 in. 67 by 104.1 cm.
- Executed in 1963.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Robert Fraser Gallery, London
Dr. and Mrs. Hubert Peeters, Brussels
Christie's, New York, November 11, 2004, lot 131
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Robert Fraser Gallery, London
Dr. and Mrs. Hubert Peeters, Brussels
Christie's, New York, November 11, 2004, lot 131
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of Recent Works by Claes Oldenburg, April - May 1964
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Claes Oldenburg: Skulpturer och Teckningar, 1963-66, September - October 1966
London, Robert Fraser Gallery, Claes Oldenburg, November - December 1966
Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum and Gent, Sint Pietersabdij, Three Blind Mice / de Collecties: Visser, Peeters, Becht, April - August 1968, illustrated
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; London, Tate Gallery, Claes Oldenburg, September 1969 - July 1970. p. 95, illustrated (New York), p. 52, illustrated (London)
Landesmuseum Münster, Everybody KnowsL Sammlung Dr. Hubert und Marie-Therese Peeters, Brugge, September - October 1972
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Claes Oldenburg: Dessins, Aquarelles et Estampes, April - December 1977, cat. no. 44, p. 17 (Amsterdam), cat. no. 44, pp. 19 and 57, illustrated (Paris)
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Claes Oldenburg: Skulpturer och Teckningar, 1963-66, September - October 1966
London, Robert Fraser Gallery, Claes Oldenburg, November - December 1966
Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum and Gent, Sint Pietersabdij, Three Blind Mice / de Collecties: Visser, Peeters, Becht, April - August 1968, illustrated
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; London, Tate Gallery, Claes Oldenburg, September 1969 - July 1970. p. 95, illustrated (New York), p. 52, illustrated (London)
Landesmuseum Münster, Everybody KnowsL Sammlung Dr. Hubert und Marie-Therese Peeters, Brugge, September - October 1972
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Claes Oldenburg: Dessins, Aquarelles et Estampes, April - December 1977, cat. no. 44, p. 17 (Amsterdam), cat. no. 44, pp. 19 and 57, illustrated (Paris)
Literature
Gene Baro and Claes Oldenburg, Claes Oldenburg: Drawings and Prints, London, 1969, cat. no. 176, pp. 144-145, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Dusseldorf, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Claes Oldenburg, 1970, p. 51, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties, Vienna, 2012, p. 208, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Dusseldorf, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Claes Oldenburg, 1970, p. 51, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties, Vienna, 2012, p. 208, illustrated
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of the sheet are deckled. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. There are minor smudges in the lower left corner, inherent to the artist's chosen medium and the artist's working method. The sheet is mounted to cardboard. Framed under Plexiglas.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.