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Clothespin is a weathering steel sculpture by Claes Oldenburg, located at Centre Square, 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia. [2] It is designed to appear as a monumental black clothespin .
This is a list of public art by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, also termed their "large scale projects". Oldenburg (1929-2022) and van Bruggen (1942–2009) were married Swedish-American and American-Dutch sculptors (respectively), best known for their Installation art typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects.
Claes Oldenburg was born on January 28, 1929, in Stockholm, [3] the son of Gösta Oldenburg [4] and his wife Sigrid Elisabeth née Lindforss. [5] His father was then a Swedish diplomat stationed in New York and in 1936 was appointed consul general of Sweden to Chicago where Oldenburg grew up, attending the Latin School of Chicago.
The most famous piece is Claes Oldenburg's 45 feet (14 m) Cor-Ten and stainless steel sculpture, Clothespin. [3] [14] Located atop the subway entrance in the plaza in front of the building, Centre Square is best known because of Clothespin and is often called the Clothespin Building. [15]
One famous clothespin is a sculpture by Claes Oldenburg, entitled Clothespin.It is in Philadelphia across the street from the City Hall, and can be seen in the movie Trading Places.
Clothespin (Oldenburg) Centre Square: 1976: Claes Oldenburg: Cor-Ten and stainless steel: 45 ft. x 12 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. CommonWealth REIT [16] [17] IAS 77001303 [18] Samuel Davies (Calder) Presbyterian Historical Society courtyard
This category contains articles about sculptures by Claes Oldenburg. Pages in category "Sculptures by Claes Oldenburg" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Spoonbridge and Cherry is a sculptural fountain designed by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. It was funded by a $500,000 donation from art collector Frederick R. Weisman and is permanently located in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The piece was completed and installed in 1988 for the Sculpture Garden's opening and consists of a large ...