THE ART OF LIVING
In the Saleroom: Claes Oldenburg's Typewriter Eraser
At Christie's May 13 Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Claes Oldenburg’s sculpture Typewriter Eraser sold for $2,210,500 and set a new world record for the artist. Produced in 1976, Typewriter Eraser presents a giant disk-shaped eraser that appears to have just alighted on the ground, the bristles of its brush turned upward with a sense of dynamic grace. Oldenburg transforms this once ubiquitous office accessory into a grand monument. In 1970, he began to sketch its mass-produced form, placing it into imagined landscapes in order to explore the idea of using it for a giant public sculpture.
Related Sale
Sale 2167
POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE
13 May 2009
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Related Departments
Post-War & Contemporary Art
Related Artists
Oldenburg, Claes (b. 1929)
Keywords
Oldenburg, Claes (b. 1929)
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