Claes Oldenburg 1929–2022 follow artist
Fagends Carved in Rock and Proposal for a Cathedral in the Form of a Sink Faucet on Lake Union, Seattle, Washington (two works)
Fagends Carved in Rock and Proposal for a Cathedral in the Form of a Sink Faucet on Lake Union, Seattle, Washington (two works)
offset lithograph in colors
Fagends Carved in Rock:
38 h x 22.25 w inches.
Signed and inscribed to lower edge ‘LP 8 Oldenburg’. This work is number 8 of ten proofs apart from the numbered edition of 50 printed by Precision Colorplate Company, Chicago and published by Multiples Inc., New York.
Proposal for a Cathedral:
32.25 h x 24.5 w inches.
Signed, titled and numbered to lower edge ‘135/300 Lake Union, Seattle, Wash. Oldenburg’. This work is number 135 from the edition of 300 printed by Colorcraft Lithographers, New York and published by Contemporary Art Council, The Seattle Art Museum, Washington.
provenance: James W. Hyams Collection
exhibited: Fagends Carved in Rock: Bright Lights, 2012, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University, Virginia
Proposal for a Cathedral: Grand Opening, 2008, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
literature: Axsom & Platzker 89 and 137