Claes OldenburgAmerican, 1929–2022Shirt With Objects on a Chair
Can I see it?
No, stolen and being sought
Where is “Shirt With Objects on a Chair” now? No, stolen and being sought. Checked September 29, 2026.
Listed in the FBI's National Stolen Art File under no. 00968.
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About the sculpture
Part of sculpture, "Shirt With Objects on a Chair." Black and brown man's wallet with off-white picture section. Painted stuffed fabric. Part of Panza Collection.
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In the life of Claes Oldenburg
The whole life1960
Married: Patty Mucha
by 1960
Sculptures of cardboard and burlap
By 1960 Oldenburg was making sculptures of simply rendered figures, letters and signs, inspired by the Lower East Side where he lived, out of cardboard, burlap and newspaper.
1960s
Happenings of the “Ray Gun Theater”
In the 1960s Oldenburg, now associated with Pop art, staged happenings he called the “Ray Gun Theater”, with Lucas Samaras, Tom Wesselmann, Carolee Schneemann and others; his first wife Patty Mucha, who sewed many of his early soft sculptures — “Floor Hamburger”, “Floor Cone”, “Floor Cake” — was a constant performer.
December 1961
“The Store” on the Lower East Side
In 1961 Oldenburg switched to sculptures of chicken wire covered with plaster-soaked canvas and enamel paint — clothing and food. In December he rented a store on Manhattan's Lower East Side for “The Store”, a month-long installation first presented at the Martha Jackson Gallery and stocked with sculptures in the form of consumer goods.
1963
Move to Los Angeles, “the most opposite thing to New York”
In 1963 Oldenburg moved to Los Angeles “because it was the most opposite thing to New York [he] could think of”.
