Provenance

Leo Castelli

1907 - 1999

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The sculpture depicts a collection of pies arranged in a vertical stack inside a transparent display case. The case is made of a clear material with a metallic frame. Each pie is placed on a separate shelf within the unit, with one resting on the top of the case. The door to the case is ajar. The pies are round and placed in silver pie tins, and they are each decorated differently, with colors including golden-brown, white, yellow, red, and blue. The background is plain gray.
Claes Oldenburg, Glass Case with Pies (Assorted Pies in a Case), 1962, burlap soaked in plaster, painted with enamel, with pie tins, in glass-and-metal case, Gift of Leo Castelli, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.54.1

Glass Case with Pies (Assorted Pies in a Case)

Claes Oldenburg · 1962 · burlap soaked in plaster, painted with enamel, with pie tins, in glass-and-metal case ·  Accession ID  1991.54.1

Jasper Johns, Numbers, 1966, metallic luster paint and graphite wash on non-woven viscose rayon, Gift of Leo Castelli in memory of Toiny Castelli, 1989.82.1

Numbers

Jasper Johns · 1966 · metallic luster paint and graphite wash on non-woven viscose rayon ·  Accession ID  1989.82.1

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untitled (for you, Leo, in long respect and affection) 2 (2/3)

Dan Flavin · 1977 · pink, green, blue, and yellow fluorescent light ·  Accession ID  2025.62.1

Joseph Cornell, Object (Abeilles) (Bees), 1940, box construction, Collection of Robert and Aimee Lehrman, Washington, D.C., in honor of Jason Lehrman, 2023.124.14

Object (Abeilles) (Bees)

Joseph Cornell · 1940 · box construction ·  Accession ID  2023.124.14