From Daumier to Olitski: Select Works from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and Family Collections

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Property from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation

Claes Oldenburg

Typewriter Eraser; and Pile of Erasers (Axsom & Platzker 65 & 130)

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September 23, 06:42 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation

Claes Oldenburg

b. 1929

Typewriter Eraser; and Pile of Erasers (Axsom & Platzker 65 & 130)

The First signed CO and dated 70 (lower right); numbered 38/100 (lower left)

The Second signed CO. and dated 75 (lower left); numbered 74/75 (lower right)

Two lithographs printed in colors, the first on Rives BFK wove paper, the second on cream Koller HMP handmade paper

The First sheet: 12¼ by 9½ in. (31.2 by 24.2 cm); The Second sheet: 23¼ by 29⅛ in. (59.1 by 74.0 cm)

The First framed: 18⅜ by 15⅛ in. (46.5 by 38.5 cm); The Second framed: 29⅜ by 35⅞ in. (74.5 by 91.0 cm)

Executed in 1970 and 1975 respectively.

The First:
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, February, 27, 1980, lot 333
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York (acquired at the above sale)
The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mount Kisco, New York (gifted by the above in 2015)
The Second:
Castelli Graphics, New York,
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York (acquired from the above in 1976)
The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mount Kisco, New York (gifted by the above in 2015)

Richard H. Axsom & David Platzker, Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1958-1996, nos. 65 & 130, illustrated pgs. 150 & 266

Washington, D.C., Four Seasons Hotel, 2000-2010 (on loan)