Claes Oldenburg’s “London Knees” and Alexandra Nechita Sculpture Lead Dane Fine Art’s August Sale

In Dane Fine Art’s August Sale of Modern & Contemporary Art, a wide selection of fine art will come to auction, including 20th-century works by Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, and Louis Icart. Available from Oldenburg is a 1966 sculpture titled London Knees from a limited edition published by Editions Alecto Ltd London and Neuendorf Verlag Berlin. Oldenburg designed his Knees project during the mid-1960s, right as miniskirts, go-go boots, and feminism were on the rise. He viewed women’s newly exposed knees as objects of fascination. The artist created a series of London Knees sculptures in miniature, imagining them as vast public sculptures that would one day pepper London. This never came to pass, remaining an unrealized dream. 

Contemporary works in the auction catalog include a Damien Hirst Heart Spin Painting from 2009, which bursts with shades of aqua, navy, violet, and gold. Bidders can also consider a stainless steel sculpture by Romanian-American Cubist artist Alexandra Nechita. This piece includes Cubist elements, depicting a woman holding leaves and a flower while gazing down at herself. Additional works by Mr. Brainwash, Robert Indiana, Hebru Brantley, and Gary Mirabelle round out the catalog. To view the complete August Sale of Modern & Contemporary Art listings and view other online auctions, visit Bidsquare.