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Claes Oldenburg, artist
American, 1929 -
Bon a tirer for Butter Pat in the Berkeley Hills, 1976
color aquatint with softground etching
21.2 x 27.6 cm (image); 65.3 x 51.6 cm (sheet)
Crown Point Press Archive, Gift of Kathan Brown 1991.28.985

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publisher, Multiples, Inc.

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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