Bread Slice in Sunlight #1—King David

1972

Claes Oldenburg

Artist, American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022

Daniel Freeman

Printer, American, born 1868

Ron Olds

Printer, American, active late 20th century

James Webb

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Angoumois à la Main handmade paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 77.2 x 58.6 cm (30 3/8 x 23 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.74.177

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom & Platzker 1997, no. 95

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 419.

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. 219, no. 95.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 38.27. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: gem III; lower right in graphite: CO.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: CO72-454

Markings

embossed lower right: © Claes Oldenburg 1972 [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q74889781

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