Claes Oldenburg Abstract 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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Artist: Claes Oldenburg
Fire Plug Souvenir - 'Chicago August 1968' (Platzker 10)
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Cast plaster with acrylic paint. Sculpture Size: 7.875 x 7.5 x 5.875 inches. Inscription: Hand signed m in black felt-tip pen and numbered 75/100, as issued. Catalogue raisonné refer...
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1960s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Abstract Sculptures
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Soft Alphabet
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in London, GB
Complete set of 41 sewn cotton, sand-filled bags, contained in a wooden box with screenprinted box lid, 1978, signed and numbered from the edition of 16 (there are also 2 artist’s pr...
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Abstract Sculptures
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Profiterole
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in London, GB
Cast aluminium with latex paint, brass, 1989, signed, titled, dated, and numbered by incision on a brass disk in base, from the edition of 75 (there are also 25 artist’s proofs), pub...
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1980s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Abstract Sculptures
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Metal, Brass
Geometric Mouse Scale E 'Desktop'
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Miami, FL
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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
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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 Abstract Sculptures
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