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Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room

May 7–Sep 6, 2009 

Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929),French Fries and Ketchup, 1963. Vinyl and kapok fibers, 10 1/2 × 42 × 44 in. (26.7 × 106 .7 × 111.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 50th Anniversary Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Meltzer 79.37a-g. © Claes Oldenburg. Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929), Giant Fagends, 1967. Canvas, urethane foam, wire, wood, latex, and melamine laminate, 52 × 96 × 96 in. (132.1 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art 70.44a-o. © Claes Oldenburg. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929), Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich), 1963. Vinyl and kapok fibers, and painted wood, 32 × 39 × 29 in. (81.3 × 99.1 × 73.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.255a-s. © Claes Oldenburg. Photograph by Ellen Page, courtesy of PaceWildenstein
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929),Soft Toilet, 1966. Wood, vinyl, kapok fibers, wire, and plexiglass on metal stand and painted wood base, 55 1/2 × 28 1/4 × 30 in. (141 × 71.8 × 76.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 50th Anniversary Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor W. Ganz 79.83a-b. © Claes Oldenburg. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson
Claes Oldenburg (b.1929) and Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009), Soft Viola, 2002. Canvas, resin, rope and metal painted with latex, 104 × 60 × 22in. (264.2 × 152.4 × 55.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.257. © Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Photograph by Ellen Page, courtesy PaceWildenstein
Claes Oldenburg (b.1929) and Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009), Soft French Horn, Unwound, 2002. Canvas, wood, latex, and plastic tubing , 80 1/2 × 30 × 25 1/2 in. (204.5 × 76.2 × 64.8 cm). Collection of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. © Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Photograph by Todd Eberle
Claes Oldenburg (b.1929) and Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009), Leaning Clarinet, 2006. Aluminum, stainless steel, and synthetic-polymer polyurethane, 141 × 62 × 32 in. (358.1 × 157.5 × 81.3 cm). Collection of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. © Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, New York. Photograph by G.R. Christmas, courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929) and Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009), Blueberry Pie Island, 1998. Graphite and pastel on paper, 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.66. © Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Claes Oldenburg (b.1929) and Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009), Dream Pin, 1998. Graphite, colored pencil and pastel on paper, 40 × 30 3/16 in. (101.6 × 76.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen 2001.209. © Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Claes Oldenburg (b.1929) and Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009), Soft Shuttlecocks, Falling, Number Two, 1995. Graphite, charcoal, and pastel on paper, 27 1/4 × 391/4 in. (69.2 × 99.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder Fund 99.51. © Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929) and Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009), Soft Viola Island, 2001. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 34 1/16 × 46 1/2in. (86.5 × 118.1cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Robert J. Hurst and The American Contemporary Art Foundation 2002.277. © Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 7–August 20, 2009). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
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