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Tube Supported by its Contents
Details
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)
Tube Supported by its Contents
signed with initials, titled, numbered and dated 'CO. TUBE SUPPORTED BY ITS CONTENTS 2/3 1983' (on the base)
painted aluminum and steel base
37 x 26 x 27 in. (94 x 66 x 68.6 cm.)
Executed in 1983. This work is number two from an edition of three.
Tube Supported by its Contents
signed with initials, titled, numbered and dated 'CO. TUBE SUPPORTED BY ITS CONTENTS 2/3 1983' (on the base)
painted aluminum and steel base
37 x 26 x 27 in. (94 x 66 x 68.6 cm.)
Executed in 1983. This work is number two from an edition of three.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Carpenter & Hochman Gallery, New York
L. G. Reese
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 1987, lot 59
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Carpenter & Hochman Gallery, New York
L. G. Reese
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 1987, lot 59
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
G. Celant, Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1995, p. 413 (a larger cast illustrated in color).