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A sketchily-drawn object that has a string at the top and several folds that are open to reveal…
Double-Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray
A sketchily-drawn object that has a string at the top and several folds that are open to reveal…
A sketchily-drawn object that has a string at the top and several folds that are open to reveal a nose-like object inside.
Double-Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray, Claes Thure Oldenburg, 1970, 1 color lithograph on Rives BFK paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Claes Oldenburg.

Double-Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray

Artist (American, 1929 - 2022)
Printer (American)
Publisher (American, founded 1966)
Date1970
Medium1 color lithograph on Rives BFK paper
DimensionsSheet: 20 15/16 × 19 inches (53.2 × 48.3 cm)
Matted: 30 × 24 inches (76.2 × 61 cm)
MarkingsStamp on the back bottom left corner in black: “PLEXIGLAS-UF3 / DO NOT TAPE”; Embossed stamps on the front bottom right corner: circle with the letter “c”; circle with the Roman numeral three
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David M. Hillenbrand.
Object number2021.4.3
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