Claes Oldenburg (Swedish, American, b. 1929) Tea Bag, from 4 on Plexiglas (Axsom & Platzker 36), 1965-6
Screenprint on plastic and felt, laminated vacuum-formed vinyl, and rayon cord mounted on paperboard ed. 45 of 125
39.625 x 28.375 (in)
39.5 x 28.25 x 1.25 (in) framed
Signed in pencil Oldenburg, back
Printed by Knickerbocker Machine & Foundry Inc., New York and published by Multiples Press, Inc., New York. There were also 16 APs.
Literature: "Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg: A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-1996" by Richard H. Axsom and David Platzker, 1997, noted as 36.
Condition
This lot is in overall good condition. This lot has minor scratches on the Plexiglas. This lot has two black abrasions on the Plexiglas in the lower left of the tea bag area. This lot's paperboard is slightly attenuated with some minor surface soiling in the corners of the board.