Proposal for a Colossal Structure in the Form of a Clothespin – Compared to Brancusi’s “Kiss,”
, 1972
31 x 24 in (h x w)
Screenprint
Oldenburg’s depiction of a clothespin personifies a romantic embrace. He references Constantin Brancusi’s 1916 limestone sculpture The Kiss, suggesting a similar marriage of two forms defined only by a single incised line and held together with entwined arms or a spring. (JB)
