In “Claes Oldenburg: Object into Monument,” the catalogue of a 1973 exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. Oldenburg described the ideas behind the scissors.

Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin and other objects, has died at age 93.

The visual artist Claes Oldenburg, one of the most playful forces in Pop Art, has died at age 93. His death Monday was confirmed to NPR in a statement from Paula Cooper, whose gallery represented him.

Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, known around the world for his whimsical public sculptures depicting everyday objects—a clothespin, a spoon with a cherry, and even a toilet —has died at age 93.

NEW YORK — Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin and other objects, has died at age 93.

Claes Oldenburg, the Swedish-born American Pop artist known for his monumental sculptures of everyday objects, died on Monday at his home and studio in the SoHo section of Manhattan. He was 93.

Claes Oldenburg was a prolific pop artist who made a super-sized impact on people with his powerful and absurd art. He died this week at the age of 93. (© Claes Oldenburg, Courtesy of the ...

Seminal Pop Art artist Claes Oldenburg has died, aged 93 “The one rule of my work is that it must not have any function,” Oldenburg said in an interview, ...

Art culture, not pop culture, was the subject of Claes Oldenburg's often witty sculptures. Appreciation: For Claes Oldenburg, art was the soul of Pop - Los Angeles Times ...

NEW YORK (CBS/AP)-- Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin, and other objects, has died at age 93 ...

Claes Oldenburg became a U.S. citizen in 1953, after earning his bachelor’s degree at Yale University and enrolling in night classes at the Art Institute of Chicago.