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Selected Works12

Six Prints
Six Prints
1929
Untitled
Untitled
1959
Spectators
Spectators
1960
Walking Woman, Leg Foreshortened, with Van
Walking Woman, Leg Foreshortened, with Van
1960
Soft Switches
Soft Switches
1964
24 Open-Faced Sandwiches
24 Open-Faced Sandwiches
1964
Clothespin—45 Foot Version (Model)
Clothespin—45 Foot Version (Model)
1976
Giant Trowel II Model
Giant Trowel II Model
1976
Typewriter Eraser
Typewriter Eraser
1977
Pizza/Palette
Pizza/Palette
1996
Notebook Torn in Half (State II)
Notebook Torn in Half (State II)
1997
Typewriter Eraser, Scale X
Typewriter Eraser, Scale X
1998
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Education2

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Chicago, IL, USA
Yale School of Art
New Haven, CT, USA
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Current Exhibitions2

#20 Joni Moisant Weyl

The Paula Cooper Effect

Cecily Brown, Elizabeth Murray, Claes Oldenburg, Mark di Suvero, Jonathan Borofsky, Sophie Calle, Robert Gober

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Mar 5, 2026 — May 22, 2026

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Mar 12, 2026 — May 27, 2026

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Past Exhibitions14

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#889 Shapero Modern

Claes Oldenburg: Multiples The first London exhibition of Oldenburg's Multiples

Claes Oldenburg

94 Bond St, London W1S 1SJ, United Kingdom

May 8, 2025 — Jul 7, 2025

#40 Paula Cooper Gallery

Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen Lever House

Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 18, 2024 — Feb 16, 2025

#20 Joni Moisant Weyl

Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Sep 19, 2019 — Oct 19, 2019

#20 Joni Moisant Weyl

Claes Oldenburg: A Survey of Print and Sculpture Editions

Claes Oldenburg

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

May 16, 2019 — Aug 14, 2019

Craig Starr Gallery

Claes Oldenburg Drawings 1965-1973

Claes Oldenburg

5 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Dec 5, 2008 — Jan 31, 2009

Craig F. Starr Gallery

Claes Oldenburg Drawings 1965-1973

Claes Oldenburg

5 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Dec 5, 2008 — Jan 31, 2009

#40 Paula Cooper Gallery

Images à la Carte

Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen

Apr 24, 2004 — Jul 2, 2004

#158 Peter Freeman, Inc.

Claes Oldenburg Works from The Store, 1961

Claes Oldenburg

7 Gal de Montpensier, 75001 Paris, France

Nov 20, 2003 — Jan 10, 2004

#40 Paula Cooper Gallery

Drawings: 1959–1963

Claes Oldenburg

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Feb 14, 2002 — Mar 16, 2002

#20 Joni Moisant Weyl

Claes Oldenburg New Prints

Claes Oldenburg

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Nov 5, 1997 — Dec 20, 1997

#20 Joni Moisant Weyl

Claes Oldenburg Recent Prints and Sculpture Editions

Claes Oldenburg

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Jun 1, 1993 — Jul 31, 1993

#822 Castelli Gallery

Claes Oldenburg (Simultaneous exhibition at 142 Greene St.)

Claes Oldenburg

18 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

May 24, 1980 — Jun 14, 1980

#108 Gray

Claes Oldenburg Recent Works and Drawings

Claes Oldenburg

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Sep 30, 1977 — Nov 15, 1977

#822 Castelli Gallery

Claes Oldenburg Photo Log and Press Log, May 1974 – August 1976

Claes Oldenburg

18 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Nov 6, 1976 — Nov 27, 1976

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Art Fair Appearances1

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Art Basel — Basel
2023
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Recent Activity20

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Claes Oldenburg: Drawn from Life
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Claes Oldenburg + Coosje van Bruggen: Thinking Big
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Claes Oldenburg: Paint Torch
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$60 M. Lichtenstein Comes to the Block at Christie’s, Potentially Joining His Priciest Works at Auction
Apr 28, 2026
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Marcel Duchamp - Hommage a Caissa (for the Marcel Duchamp Fund of the American Chess Foundation) , 1966
Apr 18, 2026
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Inside the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Juicy New Show
Apr 17, 2026
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Here’s What LACMA’s Lavish New Building Looks Like
Apr 16, 2026
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News
A Look Back at Newport’s Historic 1974 Sculpture Show
Apr 9, 2026
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Beer With a Painter: Tom Burckhardt
Apr 7, 2026
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What’s on now at San Francisco museums, April 2026
Mar 31, 2026
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More Than 300 Yayoi Kusama Works Take Over a German Museum
Mar 25, 2026
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Exhibition
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Mar 12, 2026
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Exhibition
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Mar 5, 2026
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2022 obituaries 2236361
Feb 9, 2026
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pat oleszko fool sculpture center performance whitney biennial 1234771648
Feb 4, 2026
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Jan 26, 2026
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Exhibition
From Sketch to Sculpture: Torn Notebook at 30
Jan 24, 2026
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1+1=3: an exhibition where art becomes dialogue
Jan 23, 2026
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Jan 19, 2026
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Dec 6, 2025