Untitled (Geometric Mouse)
1968
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one from a portfolio of 12 lithographs on Rives BFK wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 57.63 × 40.01 cm (22 11/16 × 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
1981.5.121.6
Art Historical Context
Claes Oldenburg's *Untitled (Geometric Mouse)* (1968) is a playful yet profound example of Pop Art's fascination with everyday objects reimagined through abstraction. Part of a portfolio of 12 lithographs printed on luxurious Rives BFK wove paper, this sheet measures 57.63 × 40.01 cm and captures Oldenburg's signature motif: the humble mouse transformed into bold geometric forms. Produced in collaboration with Gemini G.E.L., a renowned Los Angeles print workshop, it reflects the late 1960s explosion of artist-printmaker partnerships that democratized high art through accessible multiples. Old...
About the Artist
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg, born January 28, 1929, in Stockholm, Sweden, to diplomat Gösta Oldenburg and Sigrid Elisabeth Lindforss, spent much of his childhood abroad before his family settled in Chicago in 1936, where his father served as Swedish consul general. He attended the Latin School of Chicago, then studied literature and art history at Yale University from 1946 to 1950, followed by classes at the ...