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| Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Notebook Page: Château Marmont as Caviar/Avocado Mousse, Los Angeles. (c) 1991 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen |
The Getty Research Institute has acquired the
archive of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. The holding covers all phases of both polymaths' work, in Oldenburg's case from age 7. (As a child he created Neubern, an imaginary island nation, and drew everything in it.)
There are unpublished diaries, note books, and poetry; manuscript, photo, audio, and video documentation of performances, sculptures, printmaking, and the couple's 30+ large-scale monuments. Some 2000 sketches and collages constitute what I'd guess is the largest collection of Oldenburg and van Bruggen drawings.
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| Claes Oldenburg installing Floor Cake, 1962. Photo: Robert McElroy, Getty Research Institute. (c) 1962 Claes Oldenburg |
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| Claes Oldenburg, Notebook Page: Study for Slice of Bacon, 1963. (c) 1963 Claes Oldenburg |
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