Claes Oldenburg (Stockholm, 1929 - New York, 2022) Chocolate Eclair, 1964 Object in casein-painted plaster presented on a porcelain plate Signed, located and dated under the lightning bolt "Oldenburg Paris 1964". Unique piece 16 x 4 x 3.8 cm (lightning bolt) Ø 19 cm (plate) Provenance : - Mrs Claes Oldenburg Collection, New York (Patty Mucha) - Mr and Mrs A. Bartos Collection, Aspen - Timothy Baum, New York - Private collection, Los Angeles - Sale New York, Christie's, 21 November 1996, lot 189 - James Goodman Gallery, New York - Timothy Baum, New York - Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn, Paris Exhibitions : - Paris, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, "Claes Oldenburg", October 1964, described in the catalogue under n°12, n.p. - New York, The Museum of Modern Art, "Claes Oldenburg: A Retrospective", September - November 1969, reproduced in the catalogue p. 88 Bibliography : - S. Ginsburg, "Claes Oldenburg: Sculpture, 1960-1968. A Catalogue Raisonné", volumes I and II, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 1991, reproduced in the catalogue as no. 239 p. 320 (dimensions: 6 ½ x 2 x 1 3/8 in.)