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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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Miniature Soft Drum Set Mixed Media Sculpture AP 1969 19 in Sculpture - Claes Thure Oldenburg

Claes Thure Oldenburg

Miniature Soft Drum Set Mixed Media Sculpture AP 1969 19 in

Sculpture: Complete Set of 9 Sewn Screenprinted Elements on Canvas, Some With Washline, Hand Signed, AP

Size: 10x19x14 in  | 25x48x35 cm
🔥1969 Artist Proof Mixed Media Assemblage Sculpture — Blue Chip
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Geometric Mouse Scale D 1971 19 in Sculpture - Claes Thure Oldenburg

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Geometric Mouse Scale D 1971 19 in

Sculpture: Die Cut Paper And Metal Attachments, Foundry Signature w/ Stamp, From the Edition of 3000

Size: 17x19 in  | 43x48 cm
🔥Mixed Media - Blue Chip
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Geometric Mouse Scale E Desktop Metal Sculpture 2013 Sculpture - Claes Thure Oldenburg

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Geometric Mouse Scale E Desktop Metal Sculpture 2013

Sculpture: Aluminum sculpture on painted aluminum base, Hand Signed, From the edition of 50

Size: 7x8x7 in  | 17x21x17 cm
🔥Aluminum Sculpture- Blue Chip
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