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  • Claes Thure Oldenburg

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    Art Brokerage: Claes Oldenburg Swedish Artist: b. 1929-2022. Claes Oldenburg was born January 28, 1929 in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Claes Oldenburg is the son of a Swedish diplomat. As a child he and his family moved to United States in 1936, first to New York then, later, to Chicago where he graduated from the Latin School of Chicago. Oldenburg studied at Yale University from 1946 to 1950, then returned to Chicago where he studied under the direction of Paul Wieghardt at the Art Institute of Chicago until 1954. The most memorable aspects of Oldenburg's works are perhaps, the colossal sculptures that he has made. Sculptures, though quite large, often have interactive capabilities. One such interactive early sculpture was a soft sculpture of a tube of lipstick which would deflate unless a participant re-pumped air into it. In 1974, Oldenburg's' sculpture, Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, was redesigned in a sturdier aluminum form, the giant lipstick being placed vertically atop tank treads. Originally installed in Beinecke Plaza at Yale, it now resides in the Morse College courtyard. In the 1960s he became associated with the Pop Art movement and attended many so-called happenings, which were performance art related productions of that time. The name he gave to his own productions was "Ray Gun Theatre". Oldenburg's spirited art found first a niche then a great popularity that endures to this day. Oldenburg just created a major public sculpture for City Center in Las Vegas. Sadly, he passed away on July 18, 2022. Listings wanted.

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Ashtray 1976 - Huge Limited Edition Print - Claes Thure Oldenburg

Claes Thure Oldenburg

Ashtray 1976 - Huge

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 50

Size: 37x39 in  | 94x99 cm
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Dance Costume in the Form of Fag Ends With Fallen Dancer 1972 Limited Edition Print - Claes Thure Oldenburg

Claes Thure Oldenburg

Dance Costume in the Form of Fag Ends With Fallen Dancer 1972

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 50

Size: 18x15 in  | 45x37 cm
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Geometric Mouse Doubled 1976 Limited Edition Print - Claes Thure Oldenburg

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Geometric Mouse Doubled 1976

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph, Plate Signed, From the Edition of 50

Size: 33x25 in  | 84x64 cm
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Sailboat Thinking of Q 1976 (Early) Limited Edition Print - Claes Thure Oldenburg

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Sailboat Thinking of Q 1976 (Early)

Limited Edition Print: Offset Lithograph And Screenprint, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 200

Size: 16x12 in  | 40x30 cm
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Typewriter Eraser Limited Edition Print - Claes Thure Oldenburg

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Typewriter Eraser

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph, Hand Signed, Upon Request

Size: 24x17 in  | 61x43 cm
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Composition With Figures 1975 Limited Edition Print - Claes Thure Oldenburg

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Composition With Figures 1975

Limited Edition Print: Color Red Etching on Paper, Hand Signed, From the edition of 60

Size: 33x26 in  | 84x66 cm
Color Etching $3,995
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Typewriter Eraser 1970 HS Limited Edition Print - Claes Thure Oldenburg

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Typewriter Eraser 1970 HS

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph in 3 Colors on Rives BFK Paper, Hand Signed, Edition of 100

Size: 12x10 in  | 31x24 cm
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Striding Figure From Conspiracy: the Artist As Witness Portfolio 1971 HS Limited Edition Print - Claes Thure Oldenburg

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Striding Figure From Conspiracy: the Artist As Witness Portfolio 1971 HS

Limited Edition Print: Silkscreen, Hand Signed, From the edition of 150

Size: 29x21 in  | 74x53 cm
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Fagends Carved in Rock, Fagend Canyon (Axsom And Platzker 137) 1975 Limited Edition Print - Claes Thure Oldenburg

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Fagends Carved in Rock, Fagend Canyon (Axsom And Platzker 137) 1975

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Wove Paper, Hand Signed, From the edition of 50

Size: 38x23 in  | 97x57 cm
🔥Limited Edition Lithograph - Blue Chip $4,600
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New Media New Forms 1960 HS Limited Edition Print - Claes Thure Oldenburg

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New Media New Forms 1960 HS

Limited Edition Print: offset lithograph, Hand Signed, From the edition of 40

Size: 22x18 in  | 57x45 cm
🔥Framed Pencil Signed Offset Lithograph $3,500
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