Claes Oldenburg, 1929-2022

Artist Overview

Artist name:Claes Oldenburg

1929–2022
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Date of Birth: January 28, 1929
Place of Death: New York, New York, United States
Date of Death: July 18, 2022
Active Country: United States

Works of Art: 8

Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966), Profile Airflow

Profile Airflow, 1969

Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966), Profile Airflow
Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966)
Profile Airflow
1969
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poster for exhibition at Pat Green Gallery, mid-late 1900s

Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022), Store Window: Box, Hats, Hearts, Shirt $.29

Store Window: Box, Hats, Hearts, Shirt $.29, 1973

Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022), Store Window: Box, Hats, Hearts, Shirt $.29
Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022)
Store Window: Box, Hats, Hearts, Shirt $.29
1973
Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966), Double Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray

Double Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray, 1970

Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966), Double Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray
Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966)
Double Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray
1970
Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Multiples Inc.; Crown Point Press, Study for steel and lead ashtray

Study for steel and lead ashtray, 1976

Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Multiples Inc.; Crown Point Press, Study for steel and lead ashtray
Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Multiples Inc.; Crown Point Press
Study for steel and lead ashtray
1976
Paul Bianchini; Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Imprimeries Réunies, Typewriter Eraser

Typewriter Eraser, 1970

Paul Bianchini; Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Imprimeries Réunies, Typewriter Eraser
Paul Bianchini; Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022); Imprimeries Réunies
Typewriter Eraser
1970
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Unattendable Lunches, 1968

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Unattendable Lunches, 1968

Exhibitions: 8

Make a Mark: Art of the 1960s
Lara Kuykendall, curator
2008
Teaching Gallery: Art Since 1945
2011
Alumni Gifts to the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1973
Gene Swenson: Retrospective for a Critic
1971
A Study in Contrast
1996
Decade of Transformation: American Art of the 1960s
David Cateforis, curator
1999
Brosseau Center for Learning: Pop! Goes the Spencer
David Cateforis, curator
2025
Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2025–26 KU Common Book
Scott Barber, curator
Wyatt Haywood, curator
Suzanne Huffman, curator
Ellen Joo, curator
Luke Jordan, curator
Arial Kim, curator
Doug Bergstrom, curator
Susan Earle, curator
Sofía Galarza Liu, curator
Kevin Liu, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Cara Nordengren, curator
Hana Rose North, curator
Liz Pfeiffer, curator
Sydney Pursel, curator
Rachel Straughn-Navarro, curator
Eli Troen, curator
Maggie Vaughn, curator