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Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

American, Swedish, 1929-2022

One of the original Pop artists, Claes Oldenburg was born in Stockholm. The son of a Swedish diplomat, he spent his early years in Stockholm and Oslo until the family moved to Chicago in 1937.

Oldenburg attended Yale University, then returned to Chicago, where he worked for a newspaper and also attended drawing classes at the Art Institute. He moved to New York in 1956.

Oldenburg’s early art in New York were works of urban realism in cardboard and paper that were influenced by the work of Dubuffet and the New Realists, and were seen as a brutal response to society. In 1961 Oldenburg rented a storefront on the Lower East Side and sold brightly painted plaster objects as well as three-dimensional and wall reliefs based on hamburgers, pastries, men's and women's clothing, and other commodities. The signature soft sculptures followed, objects of commonplace household objects made of vinyl or canvas stuffed with kapok. These pieces transformed the medium — the soft sculptures are intended to be sensual experiences and commentary on our material world of objects and our relationship to them.

In 1965, still working in vinyl, plaster and cardboard, Oldenburg began making large works termed “Colossal Monuments,” which are large public sculptures with public and private meanings. In the 1970s, Oldenburg was fabricating large-scale works in durable materials such as steel, and working with Coosje van Bruggen, he had received many such public commissions in the United States and Europe.

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Artist: Claes Oldenburg
Four Figures and a Head, on Giant Phallus by Claes Oldenburg erotic nude scene
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a veritable heap of women displaying various expressions of joy and come-hither coquettishness. T...
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1970s Modern Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Claes Oldenburg, "Houseball with Fallen Toy Bear", Signed/N Pop Art Lithograph
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg Houseball with Fallen Toy Bear, 2013 Color lithograph on Japanese watercolor paper Hand signed and numbered 21/50 by Claes Oldenburg on the front 38 3/5 × 44 inches U...
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2010s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Study for a Monument in the Heroic/Erotic/Academic/Comic Style Claes Oldenburg
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a veritable heap of women displaying various expressions of ecstasy and repose. The loose sketches were drawn directly onto the plate by the artist, a master draftsman whose erotic etchings are largely unknown. The composition is based on the drawing: Clinical Study, Towards a Heroic-Erotic Monument in the Academic/Comic Style, 1965, ball-point pen on paper, 20 x 40 in. / 60 x 101.6 cm. *This print was etched in six gorgeous inks, each in an edition of ten: take your pick of color!* Oldenburg had an interest in imaginary monuments: he famously conceptualized works such as “Ball”, an unbuilt monument conceived of in 1967 which imagined two ballcocks – the round mechanism in a toilet tank...
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1970s Modern Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Claes Oldenburg mythological Erotic Fantasy Suite print set of 6 medusa mermaid
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
These erotic etchings depict mythological and fantasy creatures as striking nudes. A host of sensuous and shocking figures include a mermaid, Medusa, and women in both jubilant and p...
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1970s Modern Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Rolling Collar and Tie (Axsom/Platzker 259) iconic Pop Art lithograph Ed of 52
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg Rolling Collar and Tie (AXSOM/PLATZKER 259), 1995 Color lithograph on rice paper Pencil signed and numbered from the limited edition of only 52 on the front Measureme...
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1990s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Figure and Phallus: erotic nude drawing of woman in heels in rainbow of colors
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This etching features a nude woman in high heels. Whipping her head to the left, she gazes intently past the viewer through a wild tangle of tresses. A sunhat with a bow nearly floats off her head, a tongue-in-cheek nod to modesty. Taking a wide stance, she straddles a comically large phallus, which springs up eagerly from the ground like a plant. Unusually, this etching was drawn directly onto the plate from the artist’s imagination and not from a life model. This spontaneity is visible around the woman’s bust and arms, where Oldenburg sketched several variations of her anatomy, giving the impression of a figure in movement. Beside her left breast, Oldenburg extends this halo of lines by cheekily doodling a small, floating phallus. Paper 36 x 27.5 in. / 91.4 x 69.2 cm. Plate 23.5 x 17.7 in. / 59.7 x 45.1 cm. Etching in one color on white, thick, slightly textured Wookey Hole handmade paper watermarked with the artist’s signature. Signed by the artist and dated 1975 lower right in pencil. The edition of 60 includes ten prints in each of six different ink colors: Indigo blue, vermilion, mauve, burnt sienna, astral blue, and yellow-ochre. A copy of each color is available: this listing is for one copy in the color of your choice. As recorded in the artist’s unpublished notes: “In 1974 an ambitious project for a suite of large-scale etchings was hatched with Paul Cornwall-Jones, for production by Maurice Payne in Petersburg Press’s new Pembroke studios in London. The project would consist of meticulous transcriptions of a certain group of drawings...
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Striding Figure, Abstract Screenprint by Claes Oldenburg
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Claes Oldenburg Title: Striding Figure from Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness Portfolio Year: 1971 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Paper Size:...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Bust (Mauve): Erotic drawing of nude bound woman
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Printed in rich astral blue, this etching depicts a nude woman from the waist up. Emerging from her cupid’s-bow lips, the tip of a phallus imitates a ball gag, and across her chest, ...
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Chinati Foundation Marfa Texas Donald Judd poster Hand Signed by Claes Oldenburg
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg Chinati Foundation, Marfa Texas (Hand Signed), 2003 Offset Lithograph poster. Hand signed by Claes Oldenburg 23 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches Exceedingly rare when hand signed....
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Early 2000s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Boot Fairy (unique) Claes Oldenburg cowgirl in copper metallic framed
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
A unique, unpublished print by Claes Oldenburg. This playful, erotic print is printed in shimmering gold. A nude woman in outsized cowboy boots stands with hands on hips, an X scribb...
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Study for a Monument in the Heroic/Erotic/Academic/Comic Style Claes Oldenburg
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a veritable heap of women displaying various expressions of ecstasy and repose. The loose sketches were drawn directly onto the plate by the artist, a master draftsman whose erotic etchings are largely unknown. The composition is based on the drawing: Clinical Study, Towards a Heroic-Erotic Monument in the Academic/Comic Style...
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1970s Modern Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Figure in Skirt Claes Oldenburg playful erotic nude etching in rainbow of color
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
A woman in slip-on heels leans languidly on a cloud-like phallus defined with loose, sketched lines. Gazing dreamily past the viewer, the topless woman dons a diaphanous tutu, and at...
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Woman Entwined in Giant Electric Cord Claes Oldenburg Laocoon style pop art nude
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a woman peeks out from loops and knots of thick cord, a modern-day Laocoön and His Sons. She seem...
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Two Profiles Claes Oldenburg playful erotic etching in rainbow of color
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Image 19.75 x 26.3 in. / 50 x 67 cm Paper 27.25 x 36 in./ 69.2 x 91.4 cm Etching in one color on white, thick, slightly textured Wookey Hole handmade paper watermarked with artist’s...
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Lipstick Ascending the Caterpillar Tracks, SIGNED Novum Organum No. 7, Yale Univ
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg Lipstick Ascending the Caterpillar Tracks (Print), plus Novum Organum No. 7, Yale University (broadside), 1969 Print is a Photo offset lithograph on two sided paper, plus separate broadside on offset lithograph Hand signed boldly in black marker and numbered 116 34 × 24 inches Published by Yale University, New Haven, CT Unframed Note: This print is THE original 1969 photolithograph - not to be confused with the poster or later editioned works created in the 1970s. See history below: This listing features 2 Elements: (1) A 2 sided photolithograph of the installation plans for Oldenburg's monumental lipstick sculpture...
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1960s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Newsprint, Offset

Striding Figure Conspiracy the Artist as Witness (21, Axsom/Platzker) Signed AP
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg Striding Figure, from Conspiracy, the Artist as Witness Color Silkscreen with enamel inks on CM Fabriano cotton watermarked 100% rag paper Signed and numbered by the ...
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Colossal Flashlight in Place of Hoover Dam lithograph Rives BFK paper signed/N
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg Lithograph printed in colors on Rives wove paper Signed in pencil Oldenberg (lower right); numbered 88/100 (lower left) 33 × 23 inches Unframed Executed in 1982, this...
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1980s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Soft Screw as Balloon, Ascending
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this lithograph on Arches Roll paper. Signed and numbered 25/35 in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with the blind...
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ICE CREAM DESSERTS
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand initialed and numbered by the artist. Etching and aquatint in colors, on handmade paper. Image size: 13.5 X 21.25 in. Sheet size: 22.5 x 31.25 in. Framed. Edition of 50. Artwor...
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint

NOTES (KASSEL)
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Edition of 100. Sheet size 23 x 15 in. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is included. All reasonable of...
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NOTES (KASSEL)
NOTES (KASSEL)
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PROPOSED COLOSSAL MONUMENT FOR BATTERSEA PARK, LONDON, DRUMSET, 1966
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