"Oldenburg’s objects demand close examination…their surfaces are articulated, sometimes by stitching or the application of paint, sometimes by the use of shining, highly reflective materials. As a result, these objects, shaded, patched, divided into zones, embroidered, painted, crumpled in pleats—in short, varied by every conceivable technique of enrichment—seem constantly alive."
(Barbara Rose, Claes Oldenburg, New York, 1970, p. 9)