Ice Bag, Scale B

1971

American, 1929 - 2022

In his oversized soft sculptures of everyday objects, Oldenburg adopts the subtle undercurrent of seduction found in advertising images. His Ice Bag - of which he made versions in different scales - undulates, bulges, and deflates in a suggestively erotic cycle.

Programmed kinetic construction in aluminum, steel, nylon, fiberglass

dimensions variable: 48 x 48 x 40 in. (121.9 x 121.9 x 101.6 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Skinner, II

84.224

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Sculpture: Three Decades, Nov. 15, 1984 - Jan. 27, 1985; reproduced on back cover.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pop Departures, Oct. 9, 2014 - Jan. 11, 2015. Text by Catharina Manchanda, et al. No cat. no., p. 102, reproduced p. 17.

Published ReferencesIshikawa, Chiyo et al. Seattle Art Museum Downtown. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 2007; reproduced p. 56.

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