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Spoon Pier

A work made of color soft ground etching from four copper plates, sugar lift, and aquatint, on off-white wove paper.
© Claes Oldenburg.

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  • A work made of color soft ground etching from four copper plates, sugar lift, and aquatint, on off-white wove paper.

Date:

1975

Artist:

Claes Oldenburg (American, born Sweden, 1929-2022)
printed by Timothy F. Berry
published by Landfall Press (American, founded 1970)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Claes Oldenburg

Title

Spoon Pier

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1975

Medium

Color soft ground etching from four copper plates, sugar lift, and aquatint, on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 32 × 26.3 cm (12 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 71.7 × 56 cm (28 1/4 × 22 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Stanley M. Freehling Family Foundation

Reference Number

1975.210

Copyright

© Claes Oldenburg.

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