An artful and eclectic modern sculpture titled London Knees 1966 by Claes Oldenburg. The medium is a limited edition multiple of polyurethaned latex knees, acrylic base, two sewn felt bags, and twelve photolithographs in three folders; housed in cloth-covered case. This box number is 8/120 and index paperwork is hand-signed in pencil by Oldenburg. Produced by Lautrec Litho Ltd., Leeds, Editions Alecto., London. The 76/120 example of this portfolio is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. From the private collection of the Franklin Siden Gallery in Detroit, MI. Dimensions: 17h x 7.5h x 11.625 (overall size with case closed). In good vintage condition, with some cracking consistent with age.

In the mid-1960s, Oldenburg became fascinated with the recent inventions of the miniskirt and go-go boots. He mused over how "revolutionary this paradoxical combination of masculine voyeurism and feminine liberation seemed in its time. The architectural and fetishistic functions of knees were accentuated by the fashion of wearing boots with the mini, which created a sharply demarcated area of the body suitable for objectification." Working with the London-based publisher Editions Alecto, Oldenburg created his London Knees, a copious portfolio of twenty-one prints imagining his knees as proposed colossal monuments situated around London and a pair of flesh-like, life-size knees with a base, all contained in a businessman's traveling valise.

Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Oldenburg's sculpture Typewriter Eraser (1976), the third piece from an edition of three, was sold for $2.2 million at Christie's New York in 2009.