Advanced Search
Requires Photography
Shelf Life
Claes Oldenburg (American (born in Sweden), 1929–2022)
2016–2017
Medium/Technique
Shelves: painted metal, painted wood.
Objects: wood, paper, cardboard, paint, fabric, textiles, metal, plastic, polystyrene, chalk, sand, ceramic, clay, T and push pins, plaster, nails, foam core, rubber, masking tape, polyester batting, plasticine, pipe cleaners, cord, metal wire, polyurethane foam, lead shots, mat board, desiccated leaves, knitted yarn, painted tree branches, pigmented wax, staples, nylon cord, spackle, styrofoam sheet, pencil marks, painted epoxy resin, Blue Tack
Objects: wood, paper, cardboard, paint, fabric, textiles, metal, plastic, polystyrene, chalk, sand, ceramic, clay, T and push pins, plaster, nails, foam core, rubber, masking tape, polyester batting, plasticine, pipe cleaners, cord, metal wire, polyurethane foam, lead shots, mat board, desiccated leaves, knitted yarn, painted tree branches, pigmented wax, staples, nylon cord, spackle, styrofoam sheet, pencil marks, painted epoxy resin, Blue Tack
Dimensions
Each shelf: 50.6 × 73 × 31 cm (19 15/16 × 28 3/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Ann and Graham Gund, Cathy Minehan and Jerry Corrigan, Barbara L. and Theodore B. Alfond through the Acorn Foundation, Bruce Beal, Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Fund, Julie and Kevin Callaghan, Julie and Ron Druker, Peggy Koenig, Joyce Linde, Nancy and Richard Lubin, The Lunder Foundation—Peter and Paula Lunder Family, and Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Family Foundation
Accession Number2018.4245.1-15
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionFifteen metal shelves with mixed media objects.
ProvenancePace Gallery, New York; 2018, sold by Pace to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2018)