Exhibitions
Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties
Street Head, I ("Big Head", "Gong") , 1959
Netting wire, newspaper, glue, and color
153 x 160 cm
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© Claes Oldenburg
Mug, 1960
Cardboard and wood, painted with casein and spray enamel
193 x 127 cm
Courtesy Museum Ludwig, Cologne
© Claes Oldenburg
Big White Shirt with Blue Tie, 1961
Muslin soaked in plaster over wire frame, painted with enamel
119 x 78 x 34 cm
Courtesy Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Ludwig Donation 1976
© Claes Oldenburg
Pastry Case I, 1961–62
Painted plaster sculptures on ceramic plates, metal platter and cups in glass-and-metal case
52.7 x 76.5 x 37.3 cm
Courtesy MoMa, Nueva York / The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, 1967
© Claes Oldenburg
Floor Cake , 1962
Canvas filled with foam rubber and cardboard boxes, painted with synthetic polymer and latex paint
1.48 x 2.9 x 1.48 m
Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Philip Johnson, 1975
©1962 Claes Oldenburg
Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything (Dual Hamburgers), 1962
Burlap soaked in plaster, painted with enamel
17.8 x 37.5 x 21.8 cm
Courtesy MoMa, New York
© Claes Oldenburg
Study for Announcement for One-Man Show at Dwan Gallery-Mickey Mouse with Red Heart, 1963
Wax crayon and watercolor on paper
Sheet (Sight): 42.2 x 34.9 cm
Courtesy del Whitney Museum of American Art, Nueva York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.11 Photography: Sheldan C. Collins
© Claes Oldenburg
Shoestring Potatoes Spilling from a Bag, 1966
Canvas filled with kapok, stiffened with glue and painted with acrylic
274.3 x 132.1 x 101.6 cm
Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Gift of the / Schenkung der T. B. Walker Foundation, 1966
© Claes Oldenburg
Proposed Colossal Monument for Central Park North, N.Y.C. – Teddy Bear, 1965
Wax crayon and watercolor on paper
60.6 x 47.9 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Gift of the American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President
© Claes Oldenburg
Mouse Museum, 1977
Installation
263 x 950 x 1020 cm
mumok museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien
© Claes Oldenburg
Mouse Museum, 1977
Installation/detail
263 x 950 x 1020 cm
mumok museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien
© Claes Oldenburg
Ray Gun Wing,1969–77
Installation/detail
Wood and corrugated aluminum and plexiglas display cases with 258 objects
263 x 450 x 565 cm
mumok museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien; On loan from the Austrian Ludwig Foundation, since 1981
© Claes Oldenburg
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