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Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's large outdoor sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry features a giant spoon with a red cherry, set over a pond in Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Unconventional materials of modern sculpture. “Giant Hamburger,” painted sailcloth stuffed with foam rubber, by Claes Oldenburg, 1962. In the Art Gallery of Ontario. 132 × 213 cm.
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Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg with Giant Toothpaste Tube (1964), 1970.

Claes Oldenburg

American artist
Also known as: Claes Thure Oldenburg
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Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929, Stockholm, Sweden—died July 18, 2022, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Swedish-born American Pop-art sculptor, best known for his giant soft sculptures of everyday objects. Much of Oldenburg’s early life was spent in the United States, Sweden, and Norway, a result of moves his father made as a Swedish consular official. He was educated at Yale University (1946–50), where writing was his main interest, and he worked from...

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