Artworks · Claes Oldenburg

Dropped Cup of Coffee: Preliminary study for "Image of the Buddha Preaching" by Frank O'Hara

1967 · Pencil, crayon, and wash on paper

30 1/8 x 22 1/8" (76.5 x 56.4 cm)

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Colossal Fag Ends, Installed on Doberman Estate, Westphalia, with Sheep-Fag End Watching

1967 · Pencil on paper

26 x 40" (66.5 x 101.8 cm)

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Colossal Fag End, Dream State

1967 · Pencil on paper

30 x 22" (76.1 x 56.1 cm)

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Stripper with Battleship: Preliminary study for "Image of the Buddha Preaching" by Frank O'Hara

1967 · Pencil on paper

30 x 22" (76.3 x 56.1 cm)

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Boom (folio 11) from Stamped Indelibly

1967 · One from an illustrated book with fifteen rubber stamps

composition (irreg.): 4 3/16 × 1 5/16" (10.7 × 3.3 cm); sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2" (24.2 × 16.5 cm)

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Plate (folio 10 verso) from Stamped Indelibly

1967 · One from an illustrated book with fifteen rubber stamps

composition (irreg.): 7 3/8 × 4 11/16" (18.7 × 11.9 cm); sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2" (24.2 × 16.5 cm)

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In-text plate (folios 77 verso and 78 recto) from In Memory of My Feelings

1967 · One from an illustrated book with forty-six lithographs

composition (irreg.): 11 7/8 x 17 1/16" (30.2 x 43.3cm); page (two-page spread): 11 15/16 x 17 15/16" (30.4 x 45.6 cm)

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Claes Oldenburg: Projects for Monuments

1967 · Offset lithograph

34 11/16 x 22 1/2" (88.0 x 57.2 cm)

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Lipsticks in Piccadilly Circus, London

1966 · Printed paper on postcard on board

unconfirmed: 254 x 203 mm

Tate

Cube Tap (Plug)

1966 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

101.7 × 66.5 cm (40 1/16 × 26 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

False Food Selection

1966 · Wood box containing plastic food

overall: 8 1/16 x 17 13/16 x 8 1/16" (20.5 x 45.2 x 20.5 cm)

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False Food Selection

1966 · Plastic box with offset label, containing plastic food items

overall (closed): 5 5/16 x 7 1/16 x 1 7/8" (13.5 x 18 x 4.8 cm)

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Proposed Colossal Monument to Replace Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square--Gearshift in Motion

1966 · Crayon, watercolor, and paper collage on paper

15 3/4 x 22 3/4" (40 x 57.8 cm)

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Giant Soft Fan

1966 · Vinyl filled with foam rubber, wood, metal, and plastic tubing

Fan, approximately 10' x 58 7/8" x 61 7/8" (305 x 149.5 x 157.1 cm), plus cord and plug 24' 3 1/4" (739.6 cm) long

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Knäckebröd

1966 · Cast iron

5/8 x 6 1/2 x 3 3/4" (1.7 x 16.5 x 9.5 cm)

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London Knees 1966

1966 · Multiple of polyurethaned latex “knees,” acrylic base, two sewn felt bags, and twelve photolithographs in three folders; housed in cloth-covered case

overall (case, closed): 7 1/2 x 17 x 11 5/8" (19 x 43.2 x 29.5 cm)

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Giant Postcard: Dawn from London Knees 1966

1966 · Photolithograph

composition: 10 1/4 x 15 3/4" (26 x 40cm); sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 3/4" (26 x 40cm)

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Giant Postcard: Sunset from London Knees 1966

1966 · Photolithograph

composition: 10 1/4 x 15 3/4" (26 x 40cm); sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 3/4" (26 x 40cm)

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Giant Postcard: Noon from London Knees 1966

1966 · Photolithograph

composition: 10 1/4 x 15 3/4" (26 x 40cm); sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 3/4" (26 x 40cm)

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Untitled (Some Positions of the Knees) from London Knees 1966

1966 · Photolithograph

sheet: 15 1/2 x 10 1/2" (39.3 x 26.6cm)

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Baked Potato from 7 Objects in a Box

1966 · Multiple of aluminum, fiberglass and polyester metal handpainted with synthetic polymer paint and porcelein plate

overall (.a, irreg.): 3 15/16 × 8 1/4 × 4 15/16" (10 × 21 × 12.5 cm); (.b, irreg.): 1 3/16 × 10 1/2 × 7 1/8" (3 × 26.6 × 18.1 cm)

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Proposed Colossal Monument for the Battery, NYC - Vacuum Cleaner, View from Upper Bay

1965 · Brush and black ink and black crayon on ivory wove paper

57.2 × 72.4 cm (22 9/16 × 28 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Clinical Study, towards a Heroic-Erotic Monument in the Academic/Comics Style

1965 · Ballpoint pen on paper

26 x 40" (66 x 101.6 cm)

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Proposed Colossal Monument for 42nd Street: Banana

1965 · Watercolor and crayon on paper

24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 cm)

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Proposed Monument for the Intersection of Canal Street and Broadway, N.Y.C. -- Block of Concrete with the Names of War Heroes

1965 · Charcoal and watercolor on paper

16 x 12" (40.6 x 30.5 cm)

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Pizza Pie

1964 · Lithograph on paper

image: 438 x 560 mm

Tate

Flying Pizza, from New York Ten

1964 · Color lithograph from three stones on cream wove paper

43.2 × 56.2 cm (17 1/16 × 22 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Flying Pizza from New York Ten

1964 · Lithograph from a portfolio with seven screenprints, one etching, one lithograph, and one embossing

composition (irreg.): 15 9/16 x 21 7/16" (39.5 x 54.5 cm); sheet: 17 x 22 3/16" (43.2 x 56.3 cm)

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Flying Pizza

1964 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 15 9/16 × 21 3/8" (39.6 × 54.3 cm); sheet: 22 1/16 × 30 1/8" (56 × 76.5 cm)

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Double page plate (pages 172 and 173) from 1¢ Life

1964 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition: 15 3/4 × 21 15/16" (40 × 55.7 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm)

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Double page headpiece (pages 136 and 137) from 1¢ Life

1964 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition: 10 1/16 × 20 5/8" (25.5 × 52.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm)

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Striding Figure (Final study for announcement of a dance concert by the Aileen Passloff Dance Company)

1962 · Enamel on paper

17 3/4 × 12 1/8" (45.1 × 30.8 cm)

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Floor Cone

1962 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas filled with foam rubber and cardboard boxes

53 3/4" x 11' 4" x 56" (136.5 x 345.4 x 142 cm)

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Floor Cake

1962 · Synthetic polymer paint and latex on canvas filled with foam rubber and cardboard boxes

58 3/8" x 9' 6 1/4" x 58 3/8" (148.2 x 290.2 x 148.2 cm)

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Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything (Dual Hamburgers)

1962 · Burlap soaked in plaster, painted with enamel

7 x 14 3/4 x 8 5/8" (17.8 x 37.5 x 21.8 cm)

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Hamburger

1962 · Lithographic crayon on paper

14 x 17" (35.3 x 43.0 cm)

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Orpheum Sign (plate 13) from The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America)

1962 · Etching and aquatint from an album of 16 etchings (one with aquatint, one with drypoint, one with pencil additions), three photogravures (two with etching), and one relief halftone

plate (irreg.): 5 7/8 x 4 7/16" (14.9 x 11.3 cm); sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 1/2" (25.1 x 19 cm)

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Counter and Plates with Potato and Ham

1961 · Painted plaster

object: 117 x 1073 x 578 mm

Tate

Ray Gun Poster

1961 · Oil paint on torn paper

24 x 18" (61 x 45.7 cm)

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Legs

1961 · Etching and aquatint

plate (irreg.): 5 7/8 × 3 1/4" (14.9 × 8.2 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 × 11 1/8" (38.2 × 28.3 cm)

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A Sock and 15 Cents (Studies for Store Objects)

1961 · Crayon, watercolor, and cut-and-pasted paper on paper

24 3/4 x 22 3/4" (62.9 x 57.8 cm)

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Pastry Case

1961 · Painted plaster sculptures in glass-and-metal case

14 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 10 5/8" (37 x 26 x 26.9 cm)

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Pastry Case, I

1961 · Burlap and muslin soaked in plaster, painted with enamel, metal bowls, and ceramic plates in glass-and-metal case

20 3/4 x 30 1/8 x 14 3/4" (52.7 x 76.5 x 37.3 cm)

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Red Tights with Fragment 9

1961 · Muslin soaked in plaster over wire frame, painted with enamel

69 5/8 x 34 1/4 x 8 3/4" (176.7 x 87 x 22.2 cm)

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Store Poster

1961 · Lithograph with watercolor additions

composition: 19 1/8 x 24 3/8" (48.6 x 62 cm); sheet: 20 x 25 15/16" (50 x 66 cm)

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Table Top with Objects

1961 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 14 9/16 x 20" (37 x 50.8 cm); sheet: 22 1/8 x 24 3/4" (56.2 x 62.9 cm)

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The Store

1961 · Letterpress

composition: 26 9/16 x 20 5/16" (67.4 x 51.6 cm); sheet: 28 1/4 x 22 1/16" (71.8 x 56 cm)

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Store Poster, Torn Out Letters, Newspaper. Pie, Cup Cakes and Hot Dog

1961 · Cut-and-pasted paper and printed paper, watercolor, and crayon on paper

20 x 26" (50.8 x 66.1 cm)

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