Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Study for Double Screwarch Bridge
1981

A conceptual drawing of a symmetrical bridge with two large arches meeting at the center point above a body of water. The arches are composed of a series of connected, rib-like structures that taper towards the top. The bridge's reflection is visible on the water's surface, and the background features a light wash of colors suggesting a landscape or distant terrain.
A conceptual drawing of a symmetrical bridge with two large arches meeting at the center point above a body of water. The arches are composed of a series of connected, rib-like structures that taper towards the top. The bridge's reflection is visible on the water's surface, and the background features a light wash of colors suggesting a landscape or distant terrain.

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Date
1981

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint with watercolor, graphite pencil, and fiber-tipped pen

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 31 5/8 × 57 1/2in. (80.3 × 146.1 cm) Plate: 23 1/16 × 50 3/8in. (58.6 × 128 cm)

Accession number
82.15

Edition
TP 1/9 | Second state, 12 APs, BAT, 2 EPs, PP, 2 WPs, Museum Boymans-van Beunigaen Proof

Publication
Printed by Aeropress, Inc.; published by Multiples, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Wilfred P. and Rose J. Cohen Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Claes Oldenburg

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Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
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