Colossal Screw in Landscape—Type 1

started 1975, published 1976

Claes Oldenburg

Artist, American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022

Anthony Zepeda

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Barbara Thomason

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on Roll Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 171.5 x 103 cm (67 1/2 x 40 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1990.27.44

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom & Platzker 1997, no. 142

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1990 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 699.

1997

  • Axsom, Richard H., and David Platzker. Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1958-1996. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997, p. 281, no. 142

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 38.38. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Gem III; lower right in graphite: Oldenburg.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: CO75-751

Markings

embossed lower right: © 1976 Claes Oldenburg [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q74884960

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