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Standing Mitt with Ball

1973

Claes Thure Oldenburg

(American, 1929–2022)
Culture
America
Medium
steel, lead and wood
Measurements
Overall: 210.8 x 241.2 x 388.4 cm (83 x 94 15/16 x 152 15/16 in.)
Weight: 3,600lbs (crated)
Credit Line
Gift of Agnes Gund given in honor of George Gund III 2017.125
Copyright
© Claes Thure Oldenburg
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
ATRM Atrium
Print
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This artist makes super-sized re-creations of everyday objects.

Description

Oldenburg is known for creating artworks that reinterpret the quotidian objects that make up our everyday lives in a variety of sizes and materials, whether they are truly banal, bizarre, or curiously appealing. This colossal work conflates rigid steel, soft lead, and curved wooden planks to present a monumental distillation of America’s favorite pastime.
Lead and steel grey-brown baseball mitt tilted up on a base and holding a wooden ball made of curved planks of light brown, striated wood. The glove warps around the ball, a rectangular band connecting the body of the glove to the thumb.

Standing Mitt with Ball

1973

Claes Thure Oldenburg

(American, 1929–2022)
America

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