Claes Oldenburg (American, 1929-2022)
Proposal for a Colossal Structure in the Form of a Clothespin – Compared to Brancusi’s “Kiss,” , 1972
31 x 24 in (h x w)
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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)

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