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Claes Oldenburg Lithograph Three Pears, Still Life, Blind Stamp and Signed
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Title: Three Pears
Artist: Claes Oldenburg
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: Unnumbered, ap
Markings: Blind stamp, lower left
Sheet size: 20 x 28 1/2 inches
Style: Pop Art/ Contemporary
Movement: Pop Art
Signed: Yes, Signed in pencil, lower right
Condition: Good
Influences: Still Life painting tradition, Commercial art and advertising, Everyday objects as subject matter, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns
Description
This artwork features three pears depicted in a simplistic yet bold style. The pears are rendered with visible strokes, possibly pastel or lithographic techniques, using a limited color palette dominated by shades of green, pink, and yellow. The composition is straightforward, focusing on the shapes and forms of the pears against a lightly textured background. The style suggests an influence from Pop Art, highlighting ordinary objects with a contemporary aesthetic.
Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022) was a pioneering Pop artist known for transforming everyday objects into oversized, whimsical sculptures and prints, often with a humorous or surreal twist. While extensive searches across auction records, gallery listings, and art databases (including Artsy, 1stDibs, Christie's, Invaluable, and the National Gallery of Art) did not yield an exact match for a lithograph titled Three Pears, Oldenburg frequently depicted food items like fruits in his prints, aligning with his themes of consumer culture and soft, exaggerated forms. It's possible this refers to a lesser-known edition, a variant from his food-themed series (e.g., from the 1960s–1970s Store period or later collaborations), or a misremembered title involving pears (such as elements from Balzac Pétanque, 2001, which features scattered pears and peaches in sculptural models).
Artist: Claes Oldenburg
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: Unnumbered, ap
Markings: Blind stamp, lower left
Sheet size: 20 x 28 1/2 inches
Style: Pop Art/ Contemporary
Movement: Pop Art
Signed: Yes, Signed in pencil, lower right
Condition: Good
Influences: Still Life painting tradition, Commercial art and advertising, Everyday objects as subject matter, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns
Description
This artwork features three pears depicted in a simplistic yet bold style. The pears are rendered with visible strokes, possibly pastel or lithographic techniques, using a limited color palette dominated by shades of green, pink, and yellow. The composition is straightforward, focusing on the shapes and forms of the pears against a lightly textured background. The style suggests an influence from Pop Art, highlighting ordinary objects with a contemporary aesthetic.
Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022) was a pioneering Pop artist known for transforming everyday objects into oversized, whimsical sculptures and prints, often with a humorous or surreal twist. While extensive searches across auction records, gallery listings, and art databases (including Artsy, 1stDibs, Christie's, Invaluable, and the National Gallery of Art) did not yield an exact match for a lithograph titled Three Pears, Oldenburg frequently depicted food items like fruits in his prints, aligning with his themes of consumer culture and soft, exaggerated forms. It's possible this refers to a lesser-known edition, a variant from his food-themed series (e.g., from the 1960s–1970s Store period or later collaborations), or a misremembered title involving pears (such as elements from Balzac Pétanque, 2001, which features scattered pears and peaches in sculptural models).
