Double-Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray, 1968-1969, published 1970

East Building, Upper Level - Gallery 415B

Medium

multiple of screenprinted redwood box, containing cowhide bag with reversible zipper and bronze, deerskin-covered artist's book, 20 wooden discs with stamped ink additions, and redwood chips

Dimensions

overall (.a, closed): 20.96 × 52.71 × 38.1 cm (8 1/4 × 20 3/4 × 15 in.)
overall (.a, open): 38.1 × 52.71 × 38.1 cm (15 × 20 3/4 × 15 in.)

Credit Line

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

Catalogue Raisonné

Gemini online raisonne, no. 38.20; Axsom/Platzker, no. 71 (artist's book only)

Accession Number

1981.5.120.a-w

Artists / Makers

Claes Oldenburg (artist) American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022

Gemini G.E.L. (publisher)

Kenneth Tyler (collaborator & supervisor) American, born 1931

Jeff Sanders (collaborator & supervisor) American, active late 20th century

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Inscription

a) "Gemini G.E.L." burned on bottom of box; b) "35/75" stamped on bronze; c) "Oldenburg" artist's book, colophon, artist's hand, graphite; "AP 25/25" colophon, artist's hand, graphite.

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Gemini G.E.L.

Exhibition History

1984: Gemini G.E.L.: Art and Collaboration, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum, Washington; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan; Yonago City Museum, Japan; Machida City Museum of Graphics Art, Japan, 1984-1989, no. 17.

2012: Modern Lab: The Box as Form, Structure, and Containter, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.

Bibliography

1966: Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 257.

2011: Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 38.20. http://www.nga.gov/gemini