Claes Oldenburg with Coosje van Bruggen

Drawings

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Soft Shuttlecocks, Falling, Number Two, 1995. Graphite pencil, pastel, and charcoal on paper; 27-1/4 x 39-1/4 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder Fund, 99.51. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Digital Image © Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Proposal for a Sculpture in the Form of a Pan and Broom, 1997. Pencil and pastel on paper; 30 x 40 in. Collection Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Study for a Sculpture in the Form of a Broom and Pan with Sweepings, 1998. Pencil and colored pencil on paper; 30 x 40 in. Collection Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Big Sweep, 2006. Stainless steel, aluminum, fiber-reinforced plastic; painted with polyurethane enamel. Denver Art Museum: Purchased in honor of Tom and Noël Congdon with funds from 1998 Collectors’ Choice, with support from the estate of Richard H. Bosworth, Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, Charles and Diane Gallagher, Jerry Gart Family Foundation, Frederic C. and Jane Hamilton, Hines, Jan and Frederick R. Mayer, Paul and Lilly Merage, Larry and Carol Mizel, Ken and Judy Robins, Titanium Metals Corporation, Carl and Lisa Williams, Ginny Williams, and an anonymous donor. Additional funding was provided by Mark and Polly Addison, Joan Anderman, Bruce and Marcy Benson, Nancy Lake Benson, Jim and Janice Campbell, Howard and Beulah Cherne, Steven and Robin Chotin, Tom and Noël Congdon, Peter and Philae Dominick, Suzanne Farver, Leonard and Kay Gemmill, Dorothy Strear Goodstein, Robert and Diane Greenlee, Heidi Hamilton, Mark and Diana Hayden, Harley and Lorraine Higbie, A. Barry and Arlene Hirschfeld, Grafton and Sue Jhung, Glenn Jones and Diane Eddolls, Mariner and Megan Kemper, Bill and Alma Kurtz, Ed and Margaret Anne Leede, Susan and John W. Madden III, Caroline Morgan, Trygve and Vicki Myhren, NBT Foundation, Denny and Judy O’Brien, Andrea Singer Pollack, and an anonymous donor. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

Claes Oldenburg, Store Window- Yellow Shirt, Red Bow Tie, 1961. Wax Crayon and watercolor on paper; 11 13/16 x 17 1/2 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.7. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg. Digital Image © Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.

Claes Oldenburg, Clothespin - 4 Foot Version A.P. lV, 1974. Bronze and stainless steel on acrylic base; 48 x 16 1/4 x 7 in. Denver Art Museum: Funds from Alliance For Contemporary Art, Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber & Madden, Kenneth M. Good, 1981.11. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg, Biplane, 1996. Ink on paper; 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A Lauder, President, 2002.12. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg. Digital Image © Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.

Claes Oldenburg, Sketch for a Soft Sculpture in the Form of a Cake Wedge- Woman for Scale, 1962. Wax crayon and watercolor on paper; 11 x 13 11/16 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A Lauder, President, 2002.9. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg. Digital Image © Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.

Claes Oldenburg, Proposal for a Skyscraper in the Form of a Chicago Fireplug, 1968. Crayon and watercolor on paper; 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.50. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg. Digital Image © Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.

Claes Oldenburg, Proposed Colossal Monument for Lower East Side—Ironing Board, 1965. Wax crayon watercolor on paper; 11 15/16 x 17 11/16 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.20 © 2018 Claes Oldenburg. Digital Image © Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.

Claes Oldenburg, Proposal for a Cathedral in the Form of a Colossal Faucet, Lake Union, Seattle, 1972. Graphite pencil, colored pencil, wax crayon, and watercolor on paper; 29 x 22 7/8 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Knoll International, Inc. 80.35. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg. Digital Image © Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.

Claes Oldenburg, Two Fagends Together, ll, 1968. Crayon and watercolor on paper; 13 11/16 x 10 15/16 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A Lauder, President, 2002.58. © 2018 Claes Oldenburg. Digital Image © Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Soft Shuttlecock, Raised, 1994. Graphite and pastel on paper; 39 3/16 x 27 1/2 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder Fund 99.52.2 © 2018 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Digital Image © Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in their studio with "Standing Collar with Bow Tie” (1992), 1992. Photo by Jesse Frohman © 1992.

Claes Oldenburg with Coosje van Bruggen: Drawings is presented in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and supported by the Eleanor and Henry Hitchcock Foundation.