$310,000
Estimate: $250,000 - $350,000
Modern & Contemporary Works of Art
Auction: November 6, 2011 2:00:00 PM EDT
Stamped with the artist's signature, numbered 7/9 and with the Lippincott, Inc., North Haven, Connecticut stamp, bronze and stainless steel with golden patina
Executed in 1974.
Provenance: The artist.
The Estate of Jack L. Wolgin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Exhibited:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, "Oldenburg: Six Themes," April 6 - 25 May, 1975 (traveled to The Denver Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto), June 28, 1975 - May 1976 (another example illustrated, p. 63 and 67).
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "Philadelphia Collects: Art Since 1940," September 28 - November 30, 1986.
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, New York, "Claes Oldenburg," April 27 - May 18, 1974 (another example exhibited).
Literature:
"Claes Oldenburg Coosje van Bruggen Large-Scale Projects," The Monacelli Press, Inc. New York, New York, 1994, p. 234.