Lot 17
Lot 17
Fixture for a London Taxi: Interior Lamp in the Form of an Ear

CLAES OLDENBURG (B. 1929)

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    Fixture for a London Taxi: Interior Lamp in the Form of an Ear

    CLAES OLDENBURG (B. 1929)

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    CLAES OLDENBURG (B. 1929)
    Fixture for a London Taxi: Interior Lamp in the Form of an Ear
    signed with the artist's initials and dated 'CO. 1966' (lower left)
    casein and crayon on paper
    15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.8 cm.)
    Executed in 1966.

    PROVENANCE
    Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
    Louise Ferrari, Houston
    Sotheby's, Inc., New York
    Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 2 April 2008, lot 61
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

    EXHIBITED
    Pasadena Art Museum, Claes Oldenburg: object into monument, December 1971-February 1972, no. 88.

    LITERATURE
    C. Oldenburg, Proposals for Monuments and Buildings 1965-69, Chicago, 1969, pp. 86-87 and 159, pl. 24 (illustrated in color).
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