Hard Times Bulb—Day

started 1994, published 1995

Claes Oldenburg

Artist, American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022

James Reid

Printer, American, born 1948

Desiree Scott

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photolithograph in black with chine collé on John Koller HMP handmade paper with clear-coated pin and powder-coated coathanger

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 80.33 × 59.53 cm (31 5/8 × 23 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.177.54

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom & Platzker 1997, no. 256

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; Lee and Ann Fensterstock, New York; acquired 2000 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1643.

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. 426, no. 256

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 38.70. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: CO.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: CO94-180 #21 1995

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q76337506

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