Lot 103
103
WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL CRICHTON
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)

Soft Typewriter in Red

Details
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)
Soft Typewriter in Red
signed with initials, titled and dated 'Soft T C.O. 74' (lower edge)
charcoal, watercolor and crayon on paper
14 x 20 in. (35.5 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 1974.
Provenance
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1974
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, Claes Oldenburg: The Alphabet in L.A., February-March 1975, no. 74.
San Diego State University, University Gallery, Selections from the Michael Crichton Collection, April-June 1980, p. 6 (illustrated).
Pomona College, Claremont, Montgomery Art Gallery, Prints and Drawings from the Michael Crichton Collection, November-December 1980.

Lot Essay

"I wanted a typewriter image from Claes Oldenburg. Nothing happened for a long time, as is often the case with Claes, and I started asking, 'Where's my typewriter?' He finally indicated that he couldn't imagine any particular focus to do the image, but when I mentioned casually that my typewriter was red, that apparently was enough to provoke the drawing. It's very special and I like it a lot" (Michael Crichton, as quoted in I. Wasserman, "Notes from An Interview," Selections from the Michael Crichton Collection, San Diego, 1980, p. 5).

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