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Exhibition History"F-111 and American Pop Images," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Published References"Gallery Guide," Des Moines Art Center for the "F-111 and American Pop Images" exhibition
Oldenburg has explored the visual and punning possibilities of the electrical plug since 1967.
Claes Oldenburg was born in 1929 in Stockholm but grew up in Chicago where his father was the Swedish Counsul. He matriculated at Yale University and in the mid-1950's moved to New York, where he began making sculptures in plaster and creating and participating in happenings.
Source: Bulletin/News, November - December, 1986.
Exhibition History"F-111 and American Pop Images," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Published References"Gallery Guide," Des Moines Art Center for the "F-111 and American Pop Images" exhibition
DimensionsSheet: 28 1/2 × 34 1/8 in. (72.4 × 86.7 cm)
Plate: 23 1/16 × 31 7/16 in. (58.6 × 79.9 cm)
Plate: 23 1/16 × 31 7/16 in. (58.6 × 79.9 cm)
Accession Number 1986.7
Classificationsprint
Copyright© Claes Oldenburg
SignedOldenburg 79 (l,r graphite)
Inscriptions8/60 (l,l graphite)
Edition8/60
Provenance(Marian Goodman Gallery/Multiples Inc., New York City); Louise R. Noun, Des Moines; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1986]
