Knife Ship I, (sculpture).

Knife Ship I, (sculpture).

Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-2022, sculptor.

van Bruggen, Coosje, 1942-2009, sculptor.

MOSTREFIERE, fabricator.

Knife Ship I, (sculpture).

1985. Installed 1997.

Steel, wood, plastic coated fabric, motor.

Closed, without oars: 7 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 6 in. x 40 ft. 5 in. (2.3 x 3.2 x 12.3 m).; Extended with oars: 26 ft. 4 in. x 31 ft. 6 in. x 82 ft. 11 in. (8 x 9.6 x 25.3 m).

Giant corkscrew knife with blades folded upward.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Spain -- Bilbao

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Gift of the Fondo Rivetti per l'Arte, Torino.

Originally used as prop in performance, Il Corso del Coltello, Arsenale, Venice, Italy, Sept. 1985. Installed 1997.

Anuradha Vikram (Oldenburg van Bruggen studio assistant) 2002.

"Claes Oldenburg: an anthology," New York, N.Y.: Guggenheim Museum, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, c1995, pg. 438-439.

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