Artist Monograph

Claes Oldenburg, American

American, born Sweden. 1929–2022

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 38 35.5%
Other Media 23 21.5%
Drawing 11 10.3%
Watercolor 8 7.5%
Etching 8 7.5%
Screenprint 8 7.5%
Sculpture 4 3.7%
Acrylic Painting 1 0.9%

Claes Oldenburg’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Lithography (22,569 total works in this medium by 3,157 artists), with secondary engagement in Other Media, Drawing, Watercolor, Etching, Screenprint, Sculpture, Acrylic Painting.

Department Distribution

MoMA DepartmentWorksShare
Drawings & Prints9084.1%
Painting & Sculpture109.3%
Fluxus Collection54.7%
Architecture & Design21.9%

Production by Decade

1
0s
3
1950s
79
1960s
15
1970s
6
1980s
3
1990s

Classification Types

  • Print — 33
  • Drawing — 28
  • Illustrated Book — 21
  • Multiple — 11
  • Sculpture — 10
  • (not assigned) — 2
  • Design — 2

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19611
19622
19631
19642
19651
19661
19678
196811
196914
19711
19741
19753
19761
19774
19794
19802
19811
19822
19831
19851
19876
19883
19903
19911
19922

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas