CLAES OLDENBURG | WEDDING SOUVENIR (18 PIECES) (AXSOM & PLATZKER 5)

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October 26, 04:53 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Recognized American Collection

CLAES OLDENBURG

b.1929

WEDDING SOUVENIR (18 PIECES) (AXSOM & PLATZKER 5)

Eighteen cast plaster multiples, 1966, from the edition of approximately 200 (there is also an edition of approximately 72 in silver), each stamped 'Wedding Souvenir Claes Oldenburg Los Angeles 1966' in black ink on the base, commissioned by James Elliott, accompanied by a metal plate stamped with the artist's initials, 'Aug 1990', and 'A cake made of the Wedding Souvenir © 1966 Claes Oldenburg' (18 pieces)

each: 133 by 268 by 57 mm 5¼ by 6⅝ by 2¼ in

overall: 133 by 406 by 406 mm 5¼ by 16 by 16 in

Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York

Margot Gallery, Rye

Acquired from the above by the present owner

The Art Institute of Chicago, Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine, November 2013 - January 2014, p. 215, illustrated in color