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Split Button, (sculpture). Artist:  Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-2022, sculptor. van Bruggen, Coosje, 1942-2009, sculptor. Title:  Split Button, (sculpture). Dates:  1981. Dedicated 1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: aluminum, painted with polyurethane enamel; Base: metal. Dimensions:  Sculpture: Diam. 16 ft. (4.9 m). x 10 in. (0.3 ) thick; Base: approx. H. 28 in. Diam. 9 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  The sculpture is in the shape of a large button, painted white, with four holes and a rim around the upper edge, approximately one foot wide. The north side of the sculpture is raised approximately four feet above the ground, supported by a cylindrical base at the center of the sculpture. The button is "split" off-center, across the upper portion of the hole on the northwest side of the button, at an angle to the adjacent holes (approx. 2.5 inches from the lower hole, and 10 inches from the upper hole). The "split" is joined across the length of its base. Subject:  Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Curator, 100 College Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Located University of Pennsylvania, Charles Patterson Van Pelt Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Remarks:  Inscription on nearby plaque reads: SPLIT BUTTON/CLAES OLDENBURG/AND/COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN/DEDICATED 1981/THE TRUSTEES OF/THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA/IN ACCORDANCE/WITH THEIR AGREEMENT WITH/THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY/OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA/PENNSYLVANIA. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. "Claes Oldenburg: an anthology," New York, N.Y.: Guggenheim Museum, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, c1995, pg. 394-395. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS PA000037   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000037 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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