Double Nose/Punching Bag/Ashtray

CLAES OLDENBURG (B. 1929) Double Nose/Punching Bag/Ashtray leather, bronze, and wood multiple, 1970, numbered 39/75 (there were also three artist's proof examples), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamp incised on the bronze rim of the ashtray, together with the original redwood box and deerskin bound book: A History of The Double-Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray, signed in pencil and numbered 'A.P. 14/25' (an artist's proof, the edition was 75) on the justification page, published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamp Overall: 20 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (527 x 273 x 212 mm.)