Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)

Five Studies of Cigarette Butts

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Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)
Five Studies of Cigarette Butts
each signed with initials and dated 'CO 66', 'C.O. 66' or 'C.O. 1966' (on the underside)
five elements--painted plaster and formica
one: 5¾ x 10¾ x 4¼ in. (14.6 x 17.3 x 10.8 cm.)
two: 3¼ x 8½ x 3¼ in. (8.2 x 21.5 x 8.2 cm.)
three: 5 x 4¾ x 3½ in. (12.7 x 12 x 8.9 cm.)
four: 2½ x 4½ x 2¼ in. (6.4 x 11.5 x 5.7 cm.)
five: 3¾ x 4 x 4½ in. (9.5 x 10.2 x 11.5 cm.)
Executed in 1966.
Provenance
Robert Fraser Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1966
Exhibited
London, Robert Fraser Gallery, Claes Oldenburg, 1966.
London, Hayward Gallery (organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain), Pop Art Redefined, 1969, p. 112, no. 105.
Centro Cultural de Belim, The Pop '60s: Transatlantic Crossing, 1997, p. 101, no. 65.
Rotterdam, Boymans-Van Beuningen, extended loan.

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