The Letter Q as Beach House, with Sailboat

1972

Claes Oldenburg

Artist, American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022

George Page

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Claes Oldenburg

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Arjomari wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 99 x 74.9 cm (39 x 29 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.72

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Axsom & Platzker 1997, no. 96

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Gemini G.E.L.: Art and Collaboration, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum, Washington; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan; Yonago City Museum, Japan; Machida City Museum of Graphics Art, Japan, 1984-1989, no. 19.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 416.

1997

  • Axsom, Richard H., and David Platzker. Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1958-1996. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997, pp. 220-221, no. 96.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. . http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: gem I.; lower right in graphite: © CO.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: CO72-456

Markings

embossed lower right: © Claes Oldenburg 1972 [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q74035274

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