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Artists > Claes Oldenburg > Artworks > Two Works: Proposal for a Cathedral in the Form of a Sink Faucet for Lake Union, Seattle, Washington and Typewriter Eraser as Tornado

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Two Works: Proposal for a Cathedral in the Form of a Sink Faucet for Lake Union, Seattle, Washington and Typewriter Eraser as Tornado, 1972

color offset lithographs

Prints & Graphic Art

32 1/4 x 24 1/2 in

Signed, each numbered from respective editions

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Realized Price

+212%

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Auction Venue/Sale

Sale Date

Nov 16, 2017

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The Letter Q as Beach House with Sailboat ,1972

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The Letter Q as Beach House with Sailboat ,1972

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I. 28 x 21 3/8 in. (71.1 x 54.3 cm); S. 38 7/8 x 29 3/8 in. (98.7 x 74.6 cm)

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Symbolic Self-Portrait by Claes Oldenburg, 1971

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Two Works: Proposal for a Cathedral in the Form of a Sink Faucet for Lake Union, Seattle, Washington and Typewriter Eraser as Tornado, 1972

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