Tag Archive for: Claes Oldenburg
Important Hiram Powers sculpture, 11 Renoir prints headline Neue’s June 24 sale
Marble Bust of the Greek Slave by the renowned American sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873), a full-length nude bust, 24 inches tall including socle, artist signed (est. $50,000-$80,000).
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – A marble Bust of the Greek Slave by the renowned American sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873), plus three classic Chevrolet Corvette cars from the collection of Charlie Oakes – a 1957, a 1960 and a best-in-show 1962 winner – will headline an online-only Fine Art & Antiques auction on Saturday, June 24 by Neue Auctions, starting at 10 am Eastern time. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
Jewish Museum focuses on crucial period in New York: 1962-1964
Marjorie Strider, ‘Girl with Radish,’ 1963. Acrylic on laminated pine on Masonite panels, 72 by 60in. Collection of Ruth and Theodore Baum, New York / Palm Beach, Fla.
NEW YORK — The Jewish Museum presents New York: 1962-1964, an exhibition that explores a pivotal three-year period in the history of art and culture in New York City, examining how artists living and working in New York responded to their rapidly changing world. Installed across two floors, this immersive exhibition presents more than 150 works of art — all made or seen in New York between 1962-1964 — including painting, sculpture, photography and film, alongside fashion, design, dance, poetry and ephemera. The exhibition is on view at the Jewish Museum through January 8, 2023.
In Memoriam: Artist Claes Oldenburg, creator of urban sculptures, 93
Artist Claes Oldenburg, shown during a 1985 performance of ‘The course of the knife’ in Venice, Italy. Oldenburg died July 18 at the age of 93. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Gorupdebesanez. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
NEW YORK (AP) – Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin and other objects, has died at age 93.