Proposal for A Colossal Structure In the Form of A Sink Faucet - For Lake Union, Seattle

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Proposal for A Colossal Structure In the Form of A Sink Faucet - For Lake Union, Seattle

Date1972

Maker Claes Oldenburg American, 1929 - 2022

Label TextSince the late 1950s, Oldenburg was captivated by our obsessive relationship to objects. He famously turned familiar household items into slumping sculptures that seemed more like living bodies than inanimate objects. He late began to imagine everyday objects on a grand scale as public monuments. The colossal sink faucet proposed for Lake Union in Seattle was never realized but many other proposals were turned into public monuments around the world.

Object number72.79

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pop Departures. Oct. 9, 2014 - Jan. 11, 2015. Text by Catharina Manchanda, et al. No cat. no., p. 102, not reproduced.Published ReferencesUpchurch, Michael. "SAM's Pop Art show full of snap and crackle--and Warhol." The Seattle Times, October 9, 2014.

Credit LineGift of the Contemporary Art Council of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions27 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (70.5 x 55.3 cm)

MediumOffset color lithograph