
Tea Pot
A monumental teapot rendered in Oldenburg's signature style of playful transformation dominates the composition, its familiar domestic form reimagined with soft, drooping contours that challenge the object's everyday rigidity. The lithograph's warm, earthy tones are enhanced by the textured beige Balinese handmade paper, which lends an organic quality to the printed surface, while the brown Moriki Japanese paper mount provides a grounding contrast. True to Oldenburg's Pop Art sensibility, the work elevates a commonplace household object into a subject of sculptural and conceptual contemplation.
- Medium
- Lithograph, on beige Balinese handmade paper mounted to brown Moriki Japanese paper, with full margins,
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
April 21, 2015
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