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Claes Oldenburg

Stockholm, Sverige · b. 1929 — d. 2022

Fluxus Collection Pop Art

Claes Oldenburg American, born Sweden, 1929-2022

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Born 1929 — Died 2022

1950s

Self Portrait

Two Heads with Speech

Bicycle on Ground

Bicycle on Ground

Pat Reading in Bed, Lenox

Pat Reading in Bed, Lenox

+2

1960s

Flag to Fold in the Pocket

Study for the Poster, New Media—New Forms, Martha Jackson Gallery

Study for the Poster, New Media—New Forms, Martha Jackson Gallery

New Media—New Forms in Painting and Sculpture

New Media—New Forms in Painting and Sculpture

Suggested Design for a Brochure Announcing Ray Gun Show at the Judson Gallery

Suggested Design for a Brochure Announcing Ray Gun Show at the Judson Gallery

+209

1970s

Alphabet In Form Of A Good Humor Bar

Alphabet In Form Of A Good Humor Bar

System of Iconography - Plug, Mouse, Good Humor, Lipstick, Switches

System of Iconography - Plug, Mouse, Good Humor, Lipstick, Switches

Ice Bag

Ice Bag

Osaka Japan Expo

Osaka Japan Expo

+64

1980s

Screwarch Bridge State II

Screwarch Bridge State II

Double Screwarch Bridge

Double Screwarch Bridge

Screwarch Bridge, state II

Double Screwarch Bridge

Double Screwarch Bridge

+27

1990s

Sneaker Lace Sculpture

Sneaker Lace Sculpture

Butt for Gantt

Butt for Gantt

Profiterole

Profiterole

Sneaker Lace in Landscape - Gray

Sneaker Lace in Landscape - Gray

+26

2000s

Soft Viola Island

Soft Viola Island

Soft Viola

Soft Viola

Works

351 artworks

Proposed Colossal Monument for the Battery, NYC - Vacuum Cleaner, View from Upper Bay

Proposed Colossal Monument for the Battery, NYC - Vacuum Cleaner, View from Upper Bay

, 1965

Proposed Colossal Monument for Central Park North, N.Y.C.—Teddy Bear

Proposed Colossal Monument for Central Park North, N.Y.C.—Teddy Bear

, 1965

The Airflow—Top and Bottom, Front, Back and Sides, To be Folded into a Box (Study for Cover of Art News)

The Airflow—Top and Bottom, Front, Back and Sides, To be Folded into a Box (Study for Cover of Art News)

, 1965

Ketchup, Thick and Thin—from a N.Y.C. Billboard

Ketchup, Thick and Thin—from a N.Y.C. Billboard

, 1965

The Paris Review

, 1965

Proposed Monument for the Intersection of Canal Street and Broadway, N.Y.C. -- Block of Concrete with the Names of War Heroes

, 1965

Proposed Colossal Monument for 42nd Street: Banana

, 1965

Clinical Study, towards a Heroic-Erotic Monument in the Academic/Comics Style

, 1965

Proposed Colossal Monument for Ellis Island—Shrimp

Proposed Colossal Monument for Ellis Island—Shrimp

, 1965

Proposed Colossal Monument for Lower East Side—Ironing Board

Proposed Colossal Monument for Lower East Side—Ironing Board

, 1965

Sketch of the Airflow, from a Snapshot (Front End)

Sketch of the Airflow, from a Snapshot (Front End)

, 1965

Study for a Soft Toilet

Study for a Soft Toilet

, 1965

Untitled (Some Positions of the Knees) from London Knees 1966

, 1966

Lipsticks in Piccadilly Circus, London

Lipsticks in Piccadilly Circus, London

, 1966

Wedding Souvenir

, 1966

Proposal for a Monument in a London Park in the Form of an Electric Shaver, with Cord

Proposal for a Monument in a London Park in the Form of an Electric Shaver, with Cord

, 1966

Knäckebröd

, 1966

False Food Selection Notes

, 1966

Mechanical for False Food Selection Label

, 1966

Soft Drainpipe (drawn for Catalogue of Dine—Oldenburg—Segal group show at the Art Gallery of Ontario)

Soft Drainpipe (drawn for Catalogue of Dine—Oldenburg—Segal group show at the Art Gallery of Ontario)

, 1966

Proposed Colossal Monument for Battersea Park, London, Drum Set

Proposed Colossal Monument for Battersea Park, London, Drum Set

, 1966

London Knees 1966

, 1966

Proposed Colossal Monument For Toronto—Drainpipe, View from Lake

Proposed Colossal Monument For Toronto—Drainpipe, View from Lake

, 1966

False Food Selection

, 1966

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