Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Dream Pin
1998

A minimalist drawing of a traditional tailor's shears with one red handle, depicted on a white background. The shears are open, with the sharp metal blade pointing diagonally upwards to the left and the handle resting on an implied surface at the bottom right. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom right corner.

A minimalist drawing of a traditional tailor's shears with one red handle, depicted on a white background. The shears are open, with the sharp metal blade pointing diagonally upwards to the left and the handle resting on an implied surface at the bottom right. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom right corner.

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Date
1998

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite, colored pencil and pastel on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 40 × 30 3/16in. (101.6 × 76.7 cm)

Accession number
2001.209

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Rights and reproductions
© Claes Oldenburg

API
artworks/13005

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room

May 7–Sept 6, 2009
Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
28 works in the collection

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