1976
One of the original Pop artists, Claes Oldenburg was born in Stockholm. The son of a Swedish diplomat, he spent his early years in Stockholm and Oslo until the family moved to Chicago in 1937.
Oldenburg attended Yale University, then returned to Chicago, where he worked for a newspaper and also attended drawing classes at the Art Institute. He moved to New York in 1956.
Oldenburg’s early art in New York were works of urban realism in cardboard and paper that were influenced by the work of Dubuffet and the New Realists, and were seen as a brutal response to society. In 1961 Oldenburg rented a storefront on the Lower East Side and sold brightly painted plaster objects as well as three-dimensional and wall reliefs based on hamburgers, pastries, men's and women's clothing, and other commodities. The signature soft sculptures followed, objects of commonplace household objects made of vinyl or canvas stuffed with kapok. These pieces transformed the medium — the soft sculptures are intended to be sensual experiences and commentary on our material world of objects and our relationship to them.
In 1965, still working in vinyl, plaster and cardboard, Oldenburg began making large works termed “Colossal Monuments,” which are large public sculptures with public and private meanings. In the 1970s, Oldenburg was fabricating large-scale works in durable materials such as steel, and working with Coosje van Bruggen, he had received many such public commissions in the United States and Europe.
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H 22 in W 20 in
"Prints: To Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts"
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg "Prints: To Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts" (Punching Bag) Kornblee Gallery, New York, 1967 Exhibition Poster 22 x 20 inches Signed
Offset
Geometric Mouse
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Claes Oldenberg (b.1929) is a Swedish-born American artist, renowned for his contribution to Pop art by way of his iconic soft sculptures and public installations. In 1962, Oldenburg debuted his revolutionary soft sculptures at the Green Gallery in New York. Three giant, squishy sculptures of an ice cream cone, a hamburger, and a slice of cake, swelled across the gallery floor, forever changing the way we define sculpture. It has been noted that Oldenburg's early work was largely inspired by Yayoi Kusama's hand-sewn phallic-shaped soft sculptures that enveloped the surfaces of ironing boards, sofas, and boats. Click here to see an exhibition poster featuring a later example of Kusama's soft sculptures. Ranging from voluminous hamburgers (famously on display at the AGO) to ballistic badminton shuttlecocks, Oldenberg's colossal sculptures replicate commonplace objects on a grand scale, often disrupting the environment they inhibit with curious and playful subtexts. The confrontational nature of Oldenberg's sculptures places an emphasis on the viewer, asking us to reconsider our relationship to these recognizable, but obscure, objects. "Geometric Mouse...
Lithograph
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H 11.937 in W 8.96 in
Oldenburg, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 8.96 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, In Memory of My Feelings,...
Lithograph
"20th Century Collage"
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg "20th Century Collage" Margo Leavin Gallery, 1991 Exhibition Poster 24 x 18 inches Signed This is an exhibition poster from "20th...
Offset
$3,713
H 29 in W 19 in D 1 in
Notes (Kassel) Lithograph Print, Hand Signed, Pop Art, 1960s, Framed
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Edition 9/100. Sheet size 23 x 15 inches. Frame size 26 x 19 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is inclu...
Paper, Lithograph
Study of a Monument
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Claes Oldenberg (1929-2022) is a Swedish-born American artist, renowned for his contribution to Pop art by way of his iconic soft sculptures and public installations. In 1962, Olden...
Etching
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H 12.25 in W 9.5 in D 2 in
Claes Oldenburg' 1996 'Prints, Posters and Ephemera' Catalogue Raisonne
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1997 Hudson Hills Press, New York. First edition. Hardcover cloth, with dust jacket. Like new. Signed by the artist and the authors, Richard Axsom & David Platzker. Catalog Raiso...
Other Medium
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H 14 in W 11 in
Study for Sculpture in the Form of an Inverted Q Above and Below Ground
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This work is a study for Inverted Q, a large sculpture that Oldenburg created after producing many sketches and small models. At the time he was experimenting with concepts of monume...
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
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H 14 in W 11 in
Study for Sculpture in the Form of an Inverted Q Above & Below Ground Oldenburg
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Study for Sculpture in the Form of an Inverted Q: Above and Below Ground, 1975 Lithograph, soft-ground etching, and aquatint in six colors on cream, thick, slightly textured Rive BFK paper 14 × 11 in. / 35.2 × 28 cm Signed and dated in pencil, lower right, numbered in pencil, lower left. Edition of 100 with 20 AP. Printed by Bill Law, Winston Roeth and Allan Uglow at Petersburg Press...
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
$125
H 39 in W 26 in D 0.1 in
Claes Oldenburg Offset Lithograph, Pop Art, 20th Century, Unframed
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This offset lithograph from the exhibition "Il Corso del Coltello" held at Leo Castelli Gallery from December 13, 1986, to January 24, 1987, is a notable piece related to Claes Olden...
Offset
Study for Decal 3
By Joe Tilson
Located in London, GB
Study for Decal 3 in pencil and Indian ink, 1967, on wove paper, signed and dated 1967, 76.4 x 55.8 cm. (30 x 22 in.)
Ink, Pencil
Cartella A
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in London, GB
Set of 4 color screenprints, 1983, on polished aluminum foil, signed and numbered from the edition of 500, published by Fratelli Alinari Stamperia d'Arte, Florence, 42 x 33 cm. (16 3/4 x 13 in.) Including La Testa...
Screen
P is for Pachyderm
By Peter Blake
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, on wove paper, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 95 in pencil, published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios, 102.5 x 77cm.
Screen
Dedicated Follower of Fashion
By Richard Hamilton
Located in London, GB
Etching and aquatint, 1980, on Rives BFK, signed and numbered from the edition of 100, printed at Studio Crommelynck, Paris, published by Waddington Graphics, London, 58.4 × 38.1 cm. (23 x 15 in.) The title is from a song of the 1960s by The Kinks...
Etching, Aquatint
J is for James Dean
By Peter Blake
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, on wove paper, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 95 in pencil, published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios, 102.5 x 77cm.
Screen
New York Decals 3 and 4
By Joe Tilson
Located in London, GB
The set of two screenprints in colours, 1967, on wove paper, with wax-paper collage, and AP aside from the edition of 70, the full sheets, 74 x 40.4 cm the two screenprints are attac...
Screen
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