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Claes Oldenburg, veteran of Pop Art known for his whimsical oversized sculptures of everyday objects – obituary
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Dropped Cone, by the pop-art artist Claes Oldenburg, ice cone sculpture, roof of the Neumarkt Galerie, Cologne,Germany, Europe Stock Photo - Alamy
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