
Proposal for a Broome Street Expressway in the Form of a Cigarette and Smoke, from Realities and Paradoxes
Catalogue
- Year
- 1973
- Dimensions
- 76 × 57 cm (29 15/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Claes Oldenburg
Artist

Sculpture
Claes Oldenburg’s artistic career spans the experimental decades of the American avant-garde beginning in the late 1960s. His large-scale sculpture, often presented in public spaces or made of soft or industria materials, exemplify the satirical and everyday qualities of Pop Art.
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More by Claes Oldenburg
Pizza / Palette
1996 · Lithograph
Soft Saxophone (Black, Yellow, Red)
1992 · Lithograph
Apple Core, Black & White State
1989 · Lithograph
The Dropped Bowl, with Scattering Slices and Peels–In Advance of the Fountain for Metro-Dade Government Center
1988 · Offset lithograph
Colossal Monument with Mushroom and Screw (Project for John Cage Homage)
1987 · Felt-tip pen on paper
Characters and Props from "Il Corso del Coltello" Along the Canale do San Marco, Coltello Ship in "Background - Version II"
1986 · Pastel, charcoal, and pencil on paper
Record
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- Claes Oldenburg
- Year
- 1973
- Dimensions
- 76 × 57 cm (29 15/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1973-090597
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





