Claes Oldenburg, Claes Oldenburg (Hand signed by Claes Oldenburg), 1992

Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg (Hand signed by Claes Oldenburg), 1992

Softback catalogue with stiff wraps (hand signed by Claes Oldenburg

hand signed by Claes Oldenburg on the half title page

11 3/4 × 9 × 3/4 inches

Unframed

Provenance
Hand signed by Oldenburg for the present owner

Hand signed by Oldenburg for the present owner. This softcover catalogue with stiff wraps was published on the occasion of the exhibition Claes Oldenburg New Work at the Pace Gallery from September 18 to October 17, 1992.

Book information:
Publisher: Pace Gallery, 1992
English; Paperback; 109 pages with color and bw illustrations

About Claes Oldenburg:
Claes Oldenburg is renowned for his sculptures, drawings, and colossal monuments that transform familiar objects into states that imply animation and sometimes revolt.
A leading voice of the Pop art movement, Oldenburg came to prominence in the New York art scene of the late 1950s and early 1960s, where he established himself with a series of installations and performances influenced by his surroundings on the Lower East Side.

Moving from early environments such as The Street (1960), The Store (1961), and Bedroom Ensemble (1963), Oldenburg then developed a series of soft sculptures, created with the participation with his first wife Patty Mucha. These took as subjects ordinary, everyday objects, often enlarged, as did a series of fantastic proposals for civic monuments. His accumulation of studio miscellany eventually took form as the Mouse Museum and Ray Gun Wing (1965–77), which pioneered collection and display as forms of art.

Courtesy of Pace Gallery