DETAILS
- Artist
- Claes Oldenburg
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- Wood and latex paint
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Dimensions
- 121.3 × 121.3 × 29.8 cm (47 3/4 × 47 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- Contemporary Art
- Culture
- United States
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Anstiss and Ronald Krueck Collection; Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and the Walter E. Heller Foundation Endowment Fund
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THE ARTIST
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg transformed everyday objects into monumental public sculptures, like a giant clothespin, challenging perceptions with wit and scale.
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