Double-Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray

1970

Claes Oldenburg

Associated Names
Claes Oldenburg

Artist, American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Kenneth Tyler

Printer, American, born 1931

This abstract image features bold, sweeping lines and curves forming an unusual shape. It includes a central irregular oval form surrounded by flowing, curvilinear lines and clusters of small, circular shapes at the top. The composition may evoke connections to elements of nature or clothing.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 53.3 x 48.2 cm (21 x 19 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.275

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom & Platzker 1997, no. 72

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 259.

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. 159, no. 72.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 38.19. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 22/50; lower right in graphite: CO 70; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: CO70-369

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74036254

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