Ice Bag

1970

Claes Oldenburg

Associated Names
Claes Oldenburg

Artist, American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022

Kenneth Tyler

Printer, American, born 1931

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows abstract swirling lines and shapes in red and blue. The red lines curve and intersect, while the blue lines add texture. Two heart-like shapes float above.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in red with blue crayon on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 40.9 x 56.7 cm (16 1/8 x 22 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.74.178

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom & Platzker 1997, no. 66

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 180.

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. 151, no. 66.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 38.16. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower center on plate in red ink: C.O.; center in blue crayon: X / X / Icebag / Thanks!; lower left in blue crayon: gem / II.; lower center in blue crayon: CO; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: CO70-309

Markings

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

Watermarks

Arche[s]

Wikidata ID

Q74889785

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