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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Claes Oldenburg
1929–2022 · Swedish
- Born
- 1929 · Malmö
- Died
- 2022 · Manhattan
7 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Claes Oldenburg was a Swedish-born American sculptor known for public art installations of large replicas of everyday objects and soft sculpture versions of these objects. Many works were created in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen.
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Claes Oldenburg (January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor best known for his public art installations, typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, who died in 2009; they had been married for 32 years. Oldenburg lived and worked in New York City.
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Selected registered works by Claes Oldenburg
Selected from 7 works by Claes Oldenburg in the Collect24 Registry.
Claes Oldenburg
Pear, late 1960s
Readymade rubber pear
8.5 × 7.5 × 7.5 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-686253
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg, Notes, 1968, 1968
The complete set of twelve lithographs in colours, on Rives BFK paper
57.6 × 40 cm
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
C24-142508
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg, Study for a Soft Sculpture in the Form of a Drainpipe, 1967, 1967
Chalk and watercolour on paper laid down on board
76.2 × 56.5 cm
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
C24-142509
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg, Alternative Proposal for Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio, 1979, 1979
Softground and hardground etching and spitbite aquatint on BFK Rives paper
23 × 28 cm
Marian Goodman Gallery
C24-154453
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg, Tea Bag, 1966, 1966
Laminated vacuum-formed vinyl, screenprint on vinyl, felt, acrylic, rayon cord
39 × 28 cm
Marian Goodman Gallery
C24-154448
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg, Pile of Erasers, 1975, 1975
Lithograph on Koller HMP paper
2 × 28 cm
Marian Goodman Gallery
C24-154454
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg, Spentcock Man , 1966, 1966
Gouache and crayon on wove paper
55.9 × 76.2 cm
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
C24-142495
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg, Screwarch Bridge (State II), 1979-1980, 1979
Hardground etching, spitbite sugarlift aquatint, and sanding on Arches roll paper
4 × 50 cm
Marian Goodman Gallery
C24-154456
Museums and collections
Where works by Claes Oldenburg are registered
- Marian Goodman Gallery
Great Britain
4 works
- Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
Antwerpen, Belgium
3 works
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