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Leonard A. Lauder, Collector

Claes Oldenburg

Proposal for a Sculpture in the Form of a Saw, Sawing

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Leonard A. Lauder, Collector

Claes Oldenburg

1929 - 2022


Proposal for a Sculpture in the Form of a Saw, Sawing

partially titled Saw, Sawing (lower center); signed with the artist's initials CO and dated 8/94 (lower right)

colored pencil and graphite on paper

40 by 30 ¼ in.  101.6 by 76.8 cm.

Executed in 1994.

PaceWildenstein, New York

Estée Lauder Company, New York (acquired from the above in December 1994)

Acquired from the above in November 1995 by the present owner

New York, PaceWildenstein, Claes Oldenburg/Coosje van Bruggen Large-Scale Projects: Drawings and Sculpture, 1994-95

New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959-1977, 2002, no. 85., p. 198-99, illustrated in color

Janie C. Lee, Claes Oldenburg Drawings in the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2002, p. 199, no. 85, illustrated in color