Important International Prints, Portfolios and Multiples (A - Z)
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 05:30 pm
Lot 241
Claes Oldenburg, 1929 (US)
Profile Airflow, 1969
Multiple. Casted Polyurethane relief before lithograph printed in colors, in aluminium frame.
H 850 mm W 1660 mm D 100 mm.
19/75. Signed, dated and titled.
| CHF | 20'000 / 30'000 |
| EUR | 17'000 / 26'000 |
| USD | 22'000 / 32'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 19'000
Annotation:
Los Angeles, Gemini G.E.L. Publisher.
In good condition. Signs of abrasion on surface of red wheel .
Literature: Exhibition catalogue. Portikus Frankfurt a.M./ Lenbachhaus München/ Hochschule für angewandte Kunst Wien,
Claes Oldenburg: Multiples 1964 - 1990, 1992.
No. 12, double page color illustration of a different cast.
Annotation: The 1. edition of "Profile Airflow" after time unindentially discolored. All by Gemini produced multiples of this 1. edition could be returned for replacement in exchange of a work by a new modified production.
The work at auction originates from the 1. edition. The previous owner did not replace the work since the discoloring did not disturb him and the work at this time was already in Europe.
With it: Exhibition catalogue enclosed. (2).