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Oldenburg, Claes,
Object -- Tool
Animal -- Elephant
Figure male -- Fragment
Religion -- New Testament
Sculpture
Soft Drainpipe-Blue (Cool) Version, (sculpture).
Artist:
Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-2022, sculptor.
Title:
Soft Drainpipe-Blue (Cool) Version, (sculpture).
Dates:
1967.
Medium:
Canvas and metal painted with Liquitex.
Dimensions:
Variable: 102 x 73 7/8 x 14 in. (259 x 187.5 x 35.5 cm.).
Description:
A large, roughly T-shaped form in painted canvas, which has been bound by rope to give it its shape. It hangs suspended from a metal track with a pulley system which allows for simple adjustments of the shape: a crucified figure, an elephant's ears and trunk and a penis are objects which are suggested. The work hangs out from the wall.
Subject:
Object -- Tool -- Pipe
Animal -- Elephant
Figure male -- Fragment -- Penis
Religion -- New Testament -- Christ
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
Tate Gallery, Millbank, London, England SW1P 4RG Accession Number: T.1257
Provenance:
Purchased from Oldenburg, Claes Thure, 1970.
Remarks:
See Tate catalogue for exhibition and bibliographic citations.
References:
"Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than works by British Artists," London: Tate Gallery, 1981.
Illustration:
"Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than works by British Artists," London: Tate Gallery, 1981, pg. 570.
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 66470041
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Inventory of American Sculpture
66470041
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