Sell Through Rate: 100%
Artist:
Claes Oldenburg
Artwork:
Soft Fans
Size:
45.3 x 29.8 cm
Medium:
Charcoal, graphite and watercolor on paper
Creation year:
1965
Marks:
Signed with the artist's initials and dated '65
Category:
Drawings
Provenance:
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York; Collection of Klaus Kertess, New York; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Helman, St. Louis; Blum Helman Gallery, New York; Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 8 May 1990, Lot 133; Collection of William Louis-Dreyfus, Mt. Kisco, New York (acquired from the previous sale); Gift of the previous to the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation in 2015
Exhibition history:
City Art Museum of St. Louis, 7 for 67: Works by Contemporary American Sculptors, October - November 1967; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Claes Oldenburg: Tekeningen, aquarellen en grafiek, April - June 1977, cat. no. 58, p. 43, illustrated; Paris, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Claes Oldenburg dessins, aquarelles et estampes, August - October 1977, cat. no. 58, p. 43, illustrated; New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Claes Oldenburg Drawings: 1965-1971, December 2008 - January 2009, illustrated in color