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Claes Oldenburg M. Mouse-1 Ear-Tea Bag Blackboard Version (Axsom & Platzker 109), 1973 Signed Numbered Lithograph Screenprint Talcum Powder Ltd Ed Framed DESCRIPTIONClaes Oldenburg
M. Mouse-1 Ear-Tea Bag Blackboard Version (Axsom & Platzker 109), 1973
Screenprint and lithograph in two colors wiped with talcum powder on smooth Rives BFK paper.
Signed by the Artist with his initials \"CO\" and numbered \"155/300\" in white pencil lower left recto.Stamped in black ink on label on verso lower left \"© COPYRIGHT 1973 BY CLAES OLDENBURG/PRINTED AT STYRIA STUDIO\".DIMENSIONSpaper size: 11 7/8 x 8 15/16 inches.frame size: 13 1/2 x 10 inches.EDITIONEdition of 300; this impression, edition number 155/300.PRINTER/PUBLISHER
Printed by Adolf Rischner, Styria Studio, New York
Published by Experiments in Art & Technology (EAT), New York CONDITIONMuseum quality, pristine condition.
Floated archival aluminum frame with UV plexiglasscreated by PSG Frames, Boston.
LITERATURE
Richard H. Axsom and David Platzker,Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg, A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-1996. Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press, 1997, Axsom & Platzker 109, page 236, another impression reproduced.PROVENANCE
Collection of Ileana Sonnabend & the Estate of Nina Castelli Sundell, Christie’s New York, July 29, 2016, Lot 536, Sale Number 12209.
Private Collection, New York, acquired from the aboveMUSEUM COLLECTIONS WITH OTHER IMPRESSIONS FROM THIS EDITIONCleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CAPrinceton University Art Museum, NJSeattle Art Museum, WA
The Davis Museum at WellesleyCollege, MAThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
The Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
The Museum of Fine Arts, TXThe Museum of Modern Art, NY
The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.The Walker Art Center, MN
Yale University, CT
AUTHENTICITYThis is a Guaranteed Authentic Claes Oldenburg Hand Signed and NumberedM. Mouse-1 Ear-Tea Bag Blackboard Version (Axsom & Platzker 109), 1973 Lithograph and ScreenprintLimited Edition from regular numbered edition of 300 impressions.
This is a Guaranteed Authentic Signed & Numbered CLAES OLDENBURG Original Lithograph, Screenprint and Talcum Powder on Paper Limited Edition from Numbered Edition of 300 impressions.
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