Claes Oldenburg
Soft Toilet #3 - On Chalk Board

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Artist Claes Oldenburg (American, Swedish, 1929–2022)American, Swedish, 1929–2022

Print studio Gemini G.E.L.(American, established 1966)Los Angeles

Publisher Gemini G.E.L.(American, established 1966)Los Angeles

CultureAmerican

Titles

Soft Toilet #3 - On Chalk Board

Date1972

Printed inLos Angeles, California, United States

Published inLos Angeles, California, United States

MediumScreenprint in colors on wove paper, edition 44/70

DimensionsImage: 18 1/2 × 14 3/8 in. (47 × 36.5 cm)
Sheet: 30 × 22 1/2 in. (76.2 × 57.2 cm)

Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio

Object number2007.997

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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection of Contemporary Ceramics

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Provenance[Crown Point Press, New York]; acquired by Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio; given to MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, lower left: 44/70
Recto: Initaled and dated in graphite, below image, lower right: CO. 72
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: CO72-5043

Recto: Initaled and dated in graphite, below image, lower right: CO. 72

Recto: Watermark, upper right edge: Arches / FRANCE
Recto: Watermark, lower left edge: Arches / FRANCE
Recto: Blindstamp, right bottom edge: © CLAES OLDENBURG 1972
Recto: Blindstamp, right bottom edge: © [Gemini chop]
Verso: Stamp in ink, left bottom edge: GEMINI G.E.L. / LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

Catalogue raisonnéAxsom and Platzker 94

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