Sneaker Lace Sculpture

started 1988, published 1990

Claes Oldenburg

Associated Names
Claes Oldenburg

Artist, American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022

Frank Grasso

Edition Production, American, active late 20th century

Donald Lippincott

Edition Production, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The sculpture shows eyeglasses on top of a long, twisted spinal column emerging from an abstracted, opened mouth at the base. The sculpture is predominantly gray with a rough, stone-like texture. It rises vertically from the mouth, with the spine made of interconnected, angular elements leading to the oversized eyeglasses. The structure stands upright with the eyeglasses positioned high above the base.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-painted, cast stainless steel

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    overall: 132.08 × 102.87 × 58.42 cm (52 × 40 1/2 × 23 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.63.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Gemini G.E.L.: Recent Prints and Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1994, no. 29.

1996

  • Gemini G.E.L.: Recent Prints and Sculpture, Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, 1996, no. 29.

2001

  • Best Impressions: 35 Years of Prints and Sculpture from Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1458.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 38.61. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

welded to metal under tongue: CO: screenprinted on bottom in black ink on adhered aluminum plaque: AC 3

Markings

stamped bottom on adhered aluminum plaque: Sneaker Lace / [Gemini G.E.L.] / © 1990 Claes OIdenburg / Gemini G.E.L. / C.O. 90-171

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