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Claes Oldenburg, artist
American, 1929 -
Landscape with Noses, 1975
etching, color spit bite and sugar lift aquatint on Lenox 100 paper
15.8 x 17.3 cm (image); 51.3 x 67 cm (sheet)
Crown Point Press Archive, Museum Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Laney Thornton 1991.28.961

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printer, John Slivon~publisher and , Multiples, Inc.~printed at, Crown Point Press, Oakland~publisher, Castelli Graphics

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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