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Tube Supported by its Contents
Details
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)
Tube Supported by its Contents
stamped with the artist's initials, title, number and date 'CO Tube Supported by its Contents 1/3 1983' (on the base)
painted bronze and steel
36 x 22 x 27 in. (91.4 x 55.9 x 68.6 cm.)
Executed in 1983. This work is number one from an edition of three.
Tube Supported by its Contents
stamped with the artist's initials, title, number and date 'CO Tube Supported by its Contents 1/3 1983' (on the base)
painted bronze and steel
36 x 22 x 27 in. (91.4 x 55.9 x 68.6 cm.)
Executed in 1983. This work is number one from an edition of three.
Provenance
Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002
Literature
C. Oldenburg, Tube Supported by Its Contents, Düsseldorf, 1985 (another example illustrated).
Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology, exh. cat., Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1995, p. 413 (larger cast illustrated).
110 Masterworks, Antique Collector's Club, exh. cat., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2002, p. 272 (another example illustrated).
Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology, exh. cat., Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1995, p. 413 (larger cast illustrated).
110 Masterworks, Antique Collector's Club, exh. cat., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2002, p. 272 (another example illustrated).
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