Clothespin (Oldenburg)

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Clothespin
Artist Claes Oldenburg
Year 1976
Type Weathering Steel
Dimensions 14 m × 3.73 m × 1.37 m (45 ft × 12 ft 3 in × 4 ft 6 in)
Location Philadelphia
Coordinates 39°57′09″N 75°09′56″W / 39.9524°N 75.1656°W / 39.9524; -75.1656[1]
Owner private[2]

Clothespin is a weathering steel sculpture, by Claes Oldenburg. It is located at Centre Square, 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia.[3] It was dedicated June 25, 1976.[4] The silvery steel "spring" part the two textured work resembles the numerals "76", apt for the United States Bicentennial year.[5] The design has been likened to the "embracing couple" in Constantin Brâncuși's sculpture The Kiss in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[6]

It was commissioned in May 1974, by developer Jack Wolgin, as part of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority's one percent for art program.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Giant Clothespin - Philadelphia, PA"
  2. ↑ Holcomb, Henry J. (September 22, 2003). "Downtown Philadelphia Office Complex May Get $20 Million Makeover". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  3. ↑ http://www.philart.net/art.php?id=75
  4. ↑ "Clothespin, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey. 1993. Retrieved September 3, 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Oldenburg Tops Off Philadelphia's Bicentennial with a '76 Clothespin". People. 1976-05-24. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. "Explains the artist: 'Its steel spring forms the figure 76.'" 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Claes Oldenburg's Other Works in Philadelphia". Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Retrieved 2013-11-05. "The joined parts, bound by two springs, recalled the embracing couple in Brancusi's sculpture The Kiss in the museum's collection." 

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