Untitled (Fire Plug)

1968

Claes Oldenburg

Associated Names
Claes Oldenburg

Artist, American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022

Robert de la Rocha

Printer, American, born 1937

Dan Gualdoni

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image contains abstract shapes and lines, including brown sketches resembling a landscape with trees and a mushroom cloud against a beige backdrop taped with red pieces. Handwritten labels indicate objects like a war memorial and fields. Below this is a yellow rectangle with lined paper detailing a minimalist landscape with mountains and clouds. Nearby are bold black strokes and a photograph of a rusty bollard on a paved surface. The circular shape of the bollard contrasts with the surrounding rectangular and linear elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph with embossing from a portfolio of 12 lithographs on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 57.7 x 39.9 cm (22 11/16 x 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.121.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom & Platzker 1997, no. 55.4

Associated Artworks

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The image features abstract shapes and lines. In the center, a sketch on a yellow notepad shows curving, flowing lines with a brown form near a large circular blue shape. Hand-drawn annotations such as "punch bag" and "set against a hillside" are included. Below the yellow paper, there is a black and white sketch of two overlapping oval shapes, along with another small abstract doodle in the bottom right corner. The composition is taped onto the page with four pieces of tan tape.

Untitled (Punching Bag)

Claes Oldenburg, Dan Gualdoni, Paul Drake, Gemini G.E.L.

1968

Notes

Claes Oldenburg, Robert de la Rocha, Richard Wilke, Gemini G.E.L.

1968

The image features shapes and lines, including a cylindrical object labeled "HALF and HALF" with abstract lines directing to words like "Auditorium" and "Exhibitions." There are swirling red shapes and handwritten words like "giant can key" and "= litho crayon." A sketch of a paperclip is also present in a small rectangle.

Untitled (New Pasadena Museum)

Claes Oldenburg, James Webb, Dan Gualdoni, Gemini G.E.L.

1968

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • The Serial Impulse at Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, 2015-2017.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 108.

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. 129, no. 55.4.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 38.5. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: gemini III; lower center in graphite: oldenburg 68; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: CO68-181

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]

Wikidata ID

Q74035998

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