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1960
Sculptor, American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022
NGA, East Building, EU-407-D, N
Artwork overview
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Medium
muslin, plaster, tempera, and wire
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 61 x 76.2 x 8.9 cm (24 x 30 x 3 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2004.154.1
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist and Coosje van Bruggen, New York. John and Mary Pappajohn, Des Moines; gift (partial and promised) 2004 to NGA; gift completed 2009.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology, travelling exh. organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; 5 venues, 1995-1996, no. 19, repro.
2012
Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Museo Guggenheim Bilbao; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2012-2014, unnumbered catalogue, repro. (not shown in Bilbao).
Wikidata ID
Q63860770