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Claes Oldenburg, artist
American, 1929 -
Tea Pot, 1975 - 1976
lithograph on coarse brown Balinese handmade paper mounted on brown Moriki Japanese paper
159.1 cm (image)
Gift of Linda Unrad Gore 1996.148

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printer, Bill Goldston~publisher, Universal Limited Art Editions

Artist Credit: display

Artist Biography: Born Claes Thure Oldenburg. Pop-art sculptor, best known for his giant soft sculptures of everyday objects. Chose objects with close human associations, such as bathtubs, typewriters, light switches, and electric fans. In addition, his use of soft, yielding vinyl gave the objects human overtones. ~~Reference: Axsom, Richard H. and David Platzker. Printed Stuff: Prints Posters and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg, A Catalogue RaisonnÈ 1958-1996 (New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with Madison Art Center, Wisconsin,[1997], catalogue raisonnÈ by David Platzker~

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