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Claes Oldenburg
Soft Screw as a Balloon, Ascending1976 (begun 1975)

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Lithograph with bold black gestural lines on cream paper, depicting a towering abstract form with a cresting arc, a heavy oval mass, and trailing tendrils above a miniature landscape

Claes Oldenburg, Soft Screw as a Balloon, Ascending, 1976 (begun 1975), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Steve Schapiro, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Claes Oldenburg
Sweden, active United States, 1929-2022
Title
Soft Screw as a Balloon, Ascending
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1976 (begun 1975)
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
67 1/2 x 45 in. (171.45 x 114.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Steve Schapiro
Accession Number
M.86.112
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Claes Oldenburg