Sneaker Lace Sculpture

started 1988, published 1990

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

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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

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1458.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