Oldenburg, Claes. THE LETTER Q AS BEACH HOUSE, WITH SAILBOAT.
Axsom 96, Gemini 416.
Lithograph in fifteen colors, 1972. Edition of 100, plus 12 artist's proofs and 19 other proofs.
Initialed and numbered 36/100 in pencil.
Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with its blindstamp, and with its ink stamp, verso.
39 x 29 1/2 inches, 990 x 749 mm. (sheet).
Printed from aluminum plates on Arjomari paper by Ken Tyler and George Page.
In excellent condition.
"Sitting in a car and watching letters silhouetted against the sky has always seemed to me the basic Los Angeles experience" (Oldenburg, quoted in Haskell "Object Into Monument."). "From initial drawings his idea went through several printed states with major changes and alterations taking place throughout the printing process...Marvelously fresh and seemingly direct, the edition exudes the spontaneity associated with Oldenburg's drawings, offering no evidence of its evolution over several working sessions. The sizable edition in fifteen colors required three months of presswork." (Fine, Gemini G.E.L. - Art and Collaboration).
Axsom 96, Gemini 416.
Lithograph in fifteen colors, 1972. Edition of 100, plus 12 artist's proofs and 19 other proofs.
Initialed and numbered 36/100 in pencil.
Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with its blindstamp, and with its ink stamp, verso.
39 x 29 1/2 inches, 990 x 749 mm. (sheet).
Printed from aluminum plates on Arjomari paper by Ken Tyler and George Page.
In excellent condition.
"Sitting in a car and watching letters silhouetted against the sky has always seemed to me the basic Los Angeles experience" (Oldenburg, quoted in Haskell "Object Into Monument."). "From initial drawings his idea went through several printed states with major changes and alterations taking place throughout the printing process...Marvelously fresh and seemingly direct, the edition exudes the spontaneity associated with Oldenburg's drawings, offering no evidence of its evolution over several working sessions. The sizable edition in fifteen colors required three months of presswork." (Fine, Gemini G.E.L. - Art and Collaboration).
