Claes Oldenburg
Postcard of the Spoon on Île St. Louis, with Needles

Postcard of the Spoon on Île St. Louis, with Needles

© Claes Oldenburg

Postcard of the Spoon on Île St. Louis, with Needles
Postcard of the Spoon on Île St. Louis, with Needles
ArtistAmerican, Swedish, 1929–2022
Print studioNew York
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Postcard of the Spoon on Île St. Louis, with Needles
Date1979
Printed inNew York City, New York, United States
Published inNew York City, New York, United States
MediumSugar lift and spitbite aquatint, soft and hard ground etching in colors, printed chine collé on beige paper, on wove paper, edition 40/50
DimensionsPlate: 12 5/8 × 10 1/2 in. (32.1 × 26.7 cm)
Sheet: 26 1/2 × 21 5/8 in. (67.3 × 54.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the El Paso Corporation
Object number2005.1193
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Age of Kusama: Pop Art and Minimalism," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 26—October 2, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Editioned in graphite, lower left: 40/50
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, lower right: Claes Oldenburg '79
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, lower right: Claes Oldenburg '79
Recto: Blindstamp, lower right: [overlapping M's] / MULTIPLES
Catalogue raisonnéAxsom Platzker 168

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