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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26448.11
People
Claes Oldenburg, American (Stockholm, Sweden 1929 - 2022 New York, New York)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title
Pear
Classification
Prints
Work Type
portfolio
Date
late 1960s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/10974

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Readymade rubber pear
Dimensions
8.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Barbara Moore, Bound/Unbound, New York, New York, partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, June 28, 2005.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
S. 341 (var.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Barbara and Peter Moore Fluxus Collection, Margaret Fisher Fund and gift of Barbara Moore/Bound & Unbound
Copyright
© Claes Oldenburg
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26448.11
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A single-item version of the projected Fluxus edition. Included in Flux Year Box 2.

Publication History

  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008)
  • Susan Dackerman, ed., Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2015), pp. 172-173, cat. 44, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

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