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    Hat in Three Stages of Landing, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-2022, sculptor.
    van Bruggen, Coosje, 1942-2009, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Hat in Three Stages of Landing, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1982.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Steel and aluminum, painted with polyurethane enamel.
    Dimensions: 
    3 hats, each: 9 ft. 5 in. x 18 ft. x 15 ft. 5 in. (2.9 x 5.5 x 4.7 m).
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Three wide-brimmed hats, painted yellow, stand on poles in a row at graduated heights of 5, 10 and 15 feet high. The hats are about 50 feet apart. The lowest hat is bolted onto two support posts and the others each are supported by one post.
    Subject: 
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Salinas
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Salinas, Recreation & Parks, 200 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas, California 93901
    Located Sherwood Park, 940 North Main, Behind Salinas Community Center at Main & Bernal, Salinas, California
    Remarks: 
    Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $50,000 given in 1977 to the City of Salinas. Commissioned for the Community Center for $100,000. IAS files contain the names of the donors which appear on the nearby plaque.
    Nearby plaque on boulder reads: HAT IN THREE STAGES OF LANDING/CLAES OLDENBURG/(Names of donors follow)/A PROJECT OF THE CITY OF SALINAS/NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
    Inventory staff, 2002.
    Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    "Claes Oldenburg: an anthology," New York, N.Y.: Guggenheim Museum, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, c1995, pg. 398-399.
    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 CA001612
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