Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Soft Viola Island
2001

A whimsical drawing of a violin transformed into an island, with its body serving as the landmass and its neck extending into a pier. The f-holes are represented as lakes, and strings are depicted as ropes or cables strewn across the surface. The background features a serene seascape with hints of other islands and sailboats in the distance.

A whimsical drawing of a violin transformed into an island, with its body serving as the landmass and its neck extending into a pier. The f-holes are represented as lakes, and strings are depicted as ropes or cables strewn across the surface. The background features a serene seascape with hints of other islands and sailboats in the distance.

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Date
2001

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pastel on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 34 1/8 × 46 9/16in. (86.7 × 118.3 cm)

Accession number
2002.277

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Robert J. Hurst and The American Contemporary Art Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/17163

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room

May 7–Sept 6, 2009
An American Legacy, A Gift to New York

Oct 23, 2002–Jan 25, 2003

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
28 works in the collection

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