Claes Oldenburg / The Black Girdle / 1961

Claes Oldenburg
The Black Girdle
1961
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Creator Name: Oldenburg, Claes
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1929-
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Claes Oldenburg
Title: The Black Girdle
Title Type: Title
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1961
Creation End Date: 1961
Creation Date: 1961
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials and Techniques: Muslin, plaster, chicken wire and enamel
Dimensions: Overall: 46 1/2 x 40 x 4 in. (118.11 x 101.6 x 10.16 cm)
Inscriptions: On verso: C.O. 1961
AMICA Contributor: Whitney Museum of American Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 84.60.2
Credit Line: Gift of Howard and Jean Lipman
Rights: http://www.whitney.org/information/rights.shtml
Provenance: Artist's collection/Green Gallery, New York, 1961-1962 Collection of Howard and Jean Lipman, Carefree, Arizona, 1962-1984
Context - Person: Lipman Howard
Context - Person: Lipman Jean
Context - Person: Oldenburg Claes
Context - Date: 1961 - 1961
Exhibition History: Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology
Exhibition History: "Views from Abroad" (2b in Frankfurt)
Exhibition History: "Views From Abroad" 3a (NY-Tate)
Exhibition History: The Eye of the Collector Series, Works from the Howard and Jean Lipman Collection
Exhibition History: Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Pollock to Today
Related Work Description: Braselette, 1961, painted plaster, muslin and wire, 41 x 30 1/4 x 4 in., Collection WMAA 91.34.5, Gift of Howard and Jean Lipman Other plaster reliefs from 'the Store' executed in 1961
AMICA ID: WMAA.84.60.2
Component Measured: object
Measurement Dimension: height
Measurement Value: 118.11
Measurement Unit: cm
Measurement Dimension: width
Measurement Value: 101.60
Measurement Dimension: depth
Measurement Value: 10.16
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright Whitney Museum of American Art

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