Claes Oldenburg
Geometric Mouse, Scale D "Home-made"


1971
offset lithograph on die-cut paper with stainless steel wire hinges and beads, offset lithograph on paper
mouse: 13 h × 14.5 w × 7 d in (33 × 37 × 18 cm)
sheet: 19.5 h × 16.5 w in (50 × 42 cm)

Printed signature and date to edge of mouse 'CO 71 ? Claes Oldenburg 1971 Produced by Gemini G.E.L.'. Printed signature to center of sheet '? Claes Oldenburg 1971'. This work is from the unlimited and unnumbered edition of approximately 3,000 published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles.

Literature: Gemini 295 Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg, A Catalogue Raisonne 1958-1996, Axsom and Platzker, ppg. 160-161, no. 73

This work will ship from Wright in Chicago, Illinois.

Mouse shows light dents to corners and edges of ears. Light toning to one side of mouse with two streaks of discoloration. Soiling spots to both sides of square piece. Please not sheet has not been examined out of frame. Sheet shows scattered soiling spots and holes where mouse was once attached. Framed behind glass measuring 21 x 18 x 2 inches.