Live Auction 19622Contemporary Edition
CLAES OLDENBURG (B. 1929)
Lot 68

CLAES OLDENBURG (B. 1929)

Wedding Souvenir

Closed10 March 2021

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USD 2,750

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CLAES OLDENBURG (B. 1929)
Wedding Souvenir
cast plaster mulitple, 1966, from the edition of approximately 200 (there were also approximately 72 with silver), commissioned by James Elliott and Judith Algar, adhesive remains on the underside, otherwise in good condition
Overall: 5 ¾ x 6 ½ x 2 ½ in. (146 x 165 x 64 mm.)

Specialist note

This multiple was commissioned for the wedding of James Elliott and Judith Algar, on April 23, 1966, in Topanga Canyon, California. Elliott was then curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Some were stamped 'Claes Oldenburg Wedding Souvenir Los Angeles 1966' and some were signed at the wedding.