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Claes Oldenburg and the work he made, inspired

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Artist Claes Oldenburg's Giant Three-way Plug donated by David Pincus is lifted into place on a grassy knoll behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art by workers from Atelier Art Services, in Aug 2010.
Artist Claes Oldenburg's Giant Three-way Plug donated by David Pincus is lifted into place on a grassy knoll behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art by workers from Atelier Art Services, in Aug 2010.Read moreDavid Swanson / Staff Photographer

Artist Claes Oldenburg, who contributed several large sculptures to Philadelphia's public art inventory, has died at 93. According to his daughter, Maartje Oldenburg. He had been in poor health since falling and breaking his hip a month ago. He was 93. See images of Oldenburg's work in Philadelphia and beyond, as well as work he inspired.

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