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Claes Oldenburg — Giant Balloon in the Shape of a Screw
Claes Oldenburg

Giant Balloon in the Shape of a Screw

1973

Claes Oldenburg's imaginative design study for a giant balloon sculpture in the form of a screw. Created in watercolor, charcoal, and graphite, it exemplifies Oldenburg's playful approach to monumental public art.

Medium
watercolor, charcoal and graphite on paper

🔨 Auction Lot

Giacometti to Oldenburg: Select Works from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and Family Collections

April 3, 2023

Estimate: $10,000$15,000

Lot 4

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Claes Oldenburg, Giant Balloon in the Shape of a Screw, 1973

Claes Oldenburg's imaginative design study for a giant balloon sculpture in the form of a screw. Created in watercolor, charcoal, and graphite, it exemplifies Oldenburg's playful approach to monumental public art.

Medium
watercolor, charcoal and graphite on paper
Year
1973
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Conceptual, Sculpture Design, Oldenburg, Pop Art, Drawing

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Collected by

Art Institute of Chicago