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Claes Oldenburg — Soft Screw as Balloon, Ascending
Claes Oldenburg

Soft Screw as Balloon, Ascending

A monumental inflatable screw appears to drift upward against a stark white ground in this lithograph by Claes Oldenburg, one of Pop Art's most inventive sculptors. True to his signature practice of transforming hard, utilitarian objects into soft, malleable forms, Oldenburg renders the mechanical fastener as a buoyant, almost whimsical shape that defies its industrial origins. The work on Arches Roll paper retains full margins, emphasizing the expansive, floating quality of the image and the artist's playful subversion of scale and material expectation.

Medium
Lithograph, on Arches Roll paper, with full margins.

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October 17, 2017

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Claes Oldenburg, Soft Screw as Balloon, Ascending

A monumental inflatable screw appears to drift upward against a stark white ground in this lithograph by Claes Oldenburg, one of Pop Art's most inventive sculptors. True to his signature practice of transforming hard, utilitarian objects into soft, malleable forms, Oldenburg renders the mechanical fastener as a buoyant, almost whimsical shape that defies its industrial origins. The work on Arches Roll paper retains full margins, emphasizing the expansive, floating quality of the image and the artist's playful subversion of scale and material expectation.

Medium
Lithograph, on Arches Roll paper, with full margins.
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Surrealism, Sculpture Reference, 20th Century, Soft Sculpture, Renowned Artist, Male Artist, Monumental Scale, Printmaking, American Artist, Pop Art, Soft Sculpture Concept, Large Format, Abstract Forms, Surrealist Influence, Everyday Objects, Late 20th Century, Whimsical, Humorous Imagery, Lithograph, Playful Mood, Soft Forms

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Art Institute of Chicago