%C2%A9 Claes Oldenburg
Sneaker Lace Sculpture, 1990
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Cast stainless steel hand-painted with latex paintexpand_more
Gift of the Charles W. and Sally P. Oswald Memorial Collectionexpand_more 2013.73.2
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Claes Oldenburg’s Sneaker Lace Sculpture reprises a theme that first appeared in his work in the late 1960s. Depicting the rubber toe and tongue of a “gym shoe” with its shoelaces extended vertically to suggest the form of a palm tree swaying in the wind, the multiple is a whimsical staging of an everyday object that belies viewer’s expectations. Published by Gemini GEL, Los Angeles, it is one of the many editioned prints and multiples that Oldenburg produced in association with this venerable collaborative workshop. As a complement to the sculpture, Oldenburg also produced a series of seven color and monochromatic lithographs of studies for a colossal “Sneaker Lace” sculpture set in the landscape. Like many of his recurring themes, the subject reflects Oldenburg’s interest in seeing his favorite objects in unconventional settings.
Details
- Title
- Sneaker Lace Sculpture
- Artist Life
- American (born Sweden), 1929 - 2022
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.73.2
- Provenance
- OFLP Properties, LLC, Savage, Minn.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- See Axsom + Platzker 222
- Curator Approved
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© Claes Oldenburg