Claes Oldenburg’s “Slice of Bread” Tombstone for Ed Kienholz — 1974

In the 1970s, artists Claes Oldenburg and Ed Kienholz made tombstones for one another. Oldenburg went with a “bread” theme for Ed’s “Bread Stone.”
In the 1970s, artists Claes Oldenburg and Ed Kienholz made tombstones for one another. Oldenburg went with a “bread” theme for Ed’s “Bread Stone.”
“After three days without sleep, two days of drinking, and an all-night show in Vinton, Louisiana, Jerry Lee gets in the mood to cavort before the camera at 6 A.M. beside his private jet, which had just landed at the Memphis airport.” And the three photos of Jerry Lee Lewis, taken on the tarmac that morning by Raeanne Rubenstein, are as great as you’d hope they’d be.