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

Claes Oldenburg

Attributed to

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 Number

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 419.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