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The Accidental Possibilities of the City by Katherine Smith Claes Oldenburg's commitment to familiar objects has shaped accounts of his career, but his associations with Pop art and postwar consumerism have overshadowed another crucial aspect of his work. In this reassessment, Katherine Smith traces Oldenburg's profound responses to shifting urban conditions, framing his enduring relationship with the city as a critical perspective and conceiving his art as urban theory. By examining disparate projects from New York to Los Angeles, she situates Oldenburg's innovations in local geographies and national debates.

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen, Cleveland's Free Stamp by Edward J. Olszewski This is the first study of any sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen to examine the genesis of their art from conception to installation. Edward J. Olszewski has put together a narrative based on interviews with the artists, archival material from city records, and in-house corporate memoranda, as well as letters to the editor and political cartoons. He traces the development of the sculpture from the artists' first sketches and models to the installation of the completed work in its urban environment.

Strange Eggs by Claes Oldenburg Made from found, printed imagery, Claes Oldenburg's Strange Eggs are enigmatic, surrealistic, and vastly different from the Pop art of the 1960s for which he soon became famous. These collages are characterized by self-contained forms, or "eggs," the artist made by melding cut fragments of photographic illustrations. While many of the pieces are unrecognizable, some original references are discernible: a piece of pie, the hind leg of a horse, the creased skin of a clenched fist, and the texture of concrete. These eighteen collages were first shown at the Menil Collection in 2012, and they are being published together for the first time, along with poems that Oldenburg wrote at the same time based on found imagery from his walks around New York's Lower East Side.

Claes Oldenburg by Achim Hochdörfer (Editor); Maartje Oldenburg; Barbara Schröder In the early 1960s, Claes Oldenburg redefined the concept of sculpture. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive exhibition of the artist's early work, "Claes Oldenburg: Selected Writings 1956-1969" gathers together in a single volume the artist's key writings from the 1960s and several years from either side of the decade. Much of the publication is comprised of previously unpublished material, including sections of an extensive diary the artist kept during the formative years of the 1960s, and selection from an autobiographical manuscript that Oldenburg wrote in 1971.

Claes Oldenburg in the 60s by Claes Oldenburg; Achim Hochdörfer; B. H. D. Buchloh (Contribution by); Museum Moderner Kunst (Austria) Staff (Contribution by) This monograph explores the conceptual complexity and diversity of Claes Oldenburg's early work to reveal this influential artist's extraordinary inventiveness. Accompanying an exhibition of Oldenburg's seminal early work, this publication examines the breadth of his artistic career from the late 1950s to 1970. The book traces the development of Oldenburg's practice as it follows his work up to the Mouse Museum. Also included in the publication is an extensive chronology, alongside notes as well as a variety of installation views that showcase the careful consideration given to modes of presentation. In addition to imagery of his Pop icons, this richly illustrated book contains an extensive selection of drawings, collages, and magazine and newspaper clippings as well as a wealth of previously unpublished notebook pages, preparatory studies, and photographs taken by the artist.

Raw Notes by Claes Oldenburg In "Raw Notes," Claes Oldenburg has scrupulously collected all of the material relating to his performances. According to his specifications, the text in the book is typed rather than set and appears on only one side of the page. Examples of the original manuscript are reproduced in sixty-three script plates, including stage plans, scores, sketches for programs, and posters. More than two hundred annotations by the author expand the text.

Claes Oldenburg Drawings in the Whitney Museum of American Art by Janie C. Lee; Claes Oldenburg; Coosje van Bruggen; Whitney Museum of American Art Staff (Contribution by) Since 1998, the Whitney Museum of American has been quietly acquiring pop artist Claes Oldenburg's drawings, as well as those made with his wife and artistic partner, Coosje van Bruggen. The Whitney has approximately 90 drawings - the largest collection in the world.

Claes Oldenburg by Claes Oldenburg; Coosje V. Oldenburg