
Baked Potato, from 7 Objects in a Box (P. 3)
Claes Oldenburg's 'Baked Potato, from 7 Objects in a Box (P. 3)' is a cast resin multiple with hand-painting. This sculptural work exemplifies Oldenburg's interest in transforming mundane everyday objects into art pieces.
- Medium
- Cast resin multiple with hand-painting, lacking the original Shenango china dish.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Editions & Works on Paper
April 16, 2024
Lot 219
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Artists in conversation

Andy Warhol
American · b. 1928

Warhol similarly elevated everyday consumer goods and food items like Campbell's soup cans into fine art multiples, sharing Oldenburg's Pop Art sensibility and interest in mass production aesthetics applied to mundane subject matter.

Wayne Thiebaud
American · b. 1920

Thiebaud devoted his career to depicting ordinary food items with meticulous attention and a sense of whimsy, paralleling Oldenburg's fascination with transforming humble edible subjects into celebrated figurative art objects.

Duane Hanson
American · b. 1925

Hanson worked extensively with cast resin and hand painted surfaces to create hyperrealistic sculptural multiples of everyday American life, sharing both the material technique and conceptual focus on ordinary existence found in this Oldenburg piece.
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