Lot 262
  • 262

Sturtevant

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Sturtevant
  • Oldenburg Store Object, Pie Case
  • chickenwire, cloth, plaster and enamel, in 6 parts with glass and aluminum pie case

  • Overall: 20 1/4 by 12 by 13 in. 51.4 by 30.9 by 33 cm.
  • Executed in 1967.

Provenance

Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Acquired by the present owner from the above in December 1987

Exhibited

New York, The Store of Claes Oldenburg, Elaine Sturtevant, April 1967
Los Angeles, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Elaine Sturtevant, September - October 1987
Meymac, Abbaye Saint André Centre d'Art Contemporain, Aspects de l'art du XXe siècle, 1991, p. 99, illustrated

Literature

Lena Maculan, ed., Sturtevant: Catalogue Raisonné 1964 - 2004, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004, no. 263, p. 117, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The surface of the pies exhibit scattered cracks and small losses notably on the apple pie which exhibits moderate cracking in the center. The blueberry and lemon meringue pies each exhibit areas at the edges which have been previously repaired. The case exhibits mild tarnishing and light wear.
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