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Claes OldenburgGeometric Mouse1968
1968
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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" offers a rare glimpse into Oldenburg's process behind the scenes. This piece is an output from his Notes portfolio, a series of 12 lithographs that follows the likes of a scrapbook, combining fragments of texts, photos, and sketches that give life to the early stages of Oldenburg's ideation.
Featuring multiple renditions of the unmistakable Disney mascot, this dynamic print details the grim outcome of the character taking a tumble down the Hollywood Hills. Oldenburg includes descriptive notes that signify each stage of the process; "falling down" and "bent".
"Geometric Mouse" was the only idea from this portfolio that was actually realized. Examples of the final product are now on display at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Museum of Modern Art, and Walker Art Center.
As Oldenburg's sculptures are selling for upwards of $2 million, his lithographs are a rare opportunity to acquire a piece by this legendary artist on a much more modest scale.
Today, Oldenburg's work is enjoyed across the globe with public sculptures spanning over 11 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia. Along with his wife and frequent collaborator, Coosje van Bruggen, Oldenburg was the recipient of numerous accolades including Distinction in Sculpture, Sculpture Center, New York (2002); and Medal Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2004).
"Untitled (Geometric Mouse)" from the Notes Portfolio
USA, 1968
Lithograph
Signed and dated by artist
From an edition of 100
22.5"H 15.5"W (sheet)
23.25"H 16.24"W (framed)
Very good condition.
- Creator:Claes Oldenburg (1929, American, Swedish)
- Creation Year:1968
- Dimensions:Height: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Width: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)
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- Condition:Very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Toronto, CA
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Claes Oldenburg
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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