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Alphabet in the Form of a Good Humor Bar
1970
Claes Oldenburg
1929 - 2022
American
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Offset photo-lithograph printed in color ink
Image: 21 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (55.2 × 26.7 cm) Sheet: 29 × 20 inches (73.7 × 50.8 cm)
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Gift of Winkelman Brothers Apparel, Inc.
75.127
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Markings
Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: CO 70
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: A. P. XIV
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1975-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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© Claes Oldenburg, Courtesy of Pace Gallery
Claes Oldenburg, Alphabet in the Form of a Good Humor Bar, 1970, offset photo-lithograph printed in color ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Winkelman Brothers Apparel, Inc., 75.127.
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