Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room

Exhibition works

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  Claes Oldenburg, 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

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  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

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  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

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  Claes Oldenburg, 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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Installation view of Claes Oldenburg's Ice Bag-Scale C (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2009 )