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Model: Wing-nut, Proposed Colossal Monument for Karlaplan, Stockholm

1967

Claes Oldenburg

American, 1929 - 2022

Wood relief with Liquitex paint

46 3/8 x 48 x 12 1/2 in. (31.8 x 117.8 x 121.9 cm)

Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2014.25.85

Provenance: [Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, 1967

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pop Departures, October 9, 2014 - January 11, 2015

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum (Modern Art Pavilion), The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: Artists of the Sixties, May 23 - June 29, 1969, no. 14

New York, NY, Museum of Modern Art, 1969

Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: American Art Since 1960, February 1 – March 16, 1975, no. 25.

Published ReferencesMaytham, Thomas N., et al. “The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: American Art Since 1960.” Denver: Denver Art Museum, 1975, cat. no. 25, unpaginated.

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