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Claes Oldenburg, artist
American, 1929 -
Study for Steel and Lead Ashtray, 1975 - 1976
color aquatint, etching, soft ground etching, and spit bite aquatint
56 x 65 cm (image); 89.5 x 95.9 cm (sheet)
Crown Point Press Archive, Gift of Kathan Brown 1991.28.249

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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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