Claes Oldenburg Sculptures
American, Swedish, 1929-2022
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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(Biography provided by Art Commerce)
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Artist: Claes Oldenburg
Sculpture in the Form of a Bicycle Saddle Claes Oldenburg surreal pop sculpture
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Playful, surreal Claes Oldenburg sculpture re-contextualizing a ceramic bicycle seat as a small mountain or geological feature, sitting on a bed of sand atop a square mahogany base. ...
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Fire Plug Souvenir - "Chicago August 1968" (P. 10), Claes Oldenburg
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Claus Oldenburg (1929)
Title: Fire Plug Souvenir - "Chicago August 1968" (P. 10)
Year: 1968
Medium: Cast plaster multiple with acrylic paint
Ed...
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TILTING NEON COCKTAIL
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
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Geometric Mouse Scale E 'Desktop'
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Claes Oldenburg
Geometric Mouse Scale E 'Desktop'
2013
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Sculpture In The Form Of A Bicycle Saddle
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Claes Oldenburg
Sculpture In The Form Of A Bicycle Saddle
1976
Glazed brown ceramic with mahogany base and sand
14 x 8 1/2 x d: 8 1/2 in.
Edition of 36
Signed...
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Sculptures
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Miniature Soft Drum Set
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Claes Oldenburg
Miniature Soft Drum Set
1969
The complete set of 9 sewn screenprinted elements on canvas, some with washline, wood, plastic buttons, rope, metal eye screws and spray enamel with wood base covered with screenprinted paper in colors
9 3/4 x 19 x 13 3/4 in.
Artist's Proof - A.P. XVI
Initialed and numbered in black ink on the bass drum...
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Fagend Study
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in London, GB
Cast aluminium hand painted with enamel, 1968, stamped with the artist's initials, title, number and date 'CO. COPYRIGHT © 1976 CLAES OLDENBURG FAGEND STUDY, 1968 FABRICATED BY LIPP...
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