1969
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
$950
H 39.9 in W 30 in
Ray Gun 1960 by Claes Oldenburg -- edgy industrial punk pop text art splatters
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Ray gun is one of Oldenburg’s most iconic motifs, and the artist’s tongue-in-cheek alter ego. Oldenburg took the name from a weapon used in the show “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ...
Screen
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
$1,800
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
$1,800
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
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H 38.5 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
After Claes Oldenburg-Double Punching Bag-Pop Art Vintage
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Double Punching Bag is a lithograph by Claes Oldenburg, created in 1967. The print features a striking use of two colors on cream Arches paper, known for its thickness and slight tex...
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 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
"Claes Oldenburg Coosje Van Bruggen"
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen "Claes Oldenburg Coosje Van Bruggen" Venezia Museo Correr, Musei Civici, 1999 Exhibition Poster 39 x 27 inche...
Offset
Sailboat Thinking of Q
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Claes Oldenberg Sailboat Thinking of Q 1976 Offset lithograph and screenprint 15 3/4 x 12 in. Edition of 200 Pencil initialed and numbered ABOUT THE WORK Cla...
Lithograph, Offset
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