Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Double Screwarch Bridge
1981

A surreal artwork depicting two large, black, funnel-like structures with ridged extensions that meet in the middle above a flat landscape. The scene is set against a pale sky with a hint of orange near the horizon, suggesting either dawn or dusk. The structures' bases are set on the ground with shadows indicating a light source from the right. The artwork has a signature in the lower right corner and is bordered by a white margin.
A surreal artwork depicting two large, black, funnel-like structures with ridged extensions that meet in the middle above a flat landscape. The scene is set against a pale sky with a hint of orange near the horizon, suggesting either dawn or dusk. The structures' bases are set on the ground with shadows indicating a light source from the right. The artwork has a signature in the lower right corner and is bordered by a white margin.

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Date
1981

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching, aquatint, and monoprint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 33 1/4 × 59 13/16in. (84.5 × 151.9 cm) Plate: 23 5/8 × 50 5/8in. (60 × 128.6 cm)

Accession number
82.18

Edition
TP 5/9 | Third state, Ed. 25, 13 APs, BAT, 1 EP, 9 TPs

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

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Richard and Dorothy Rodgers Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Claes Oldenburg

API
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Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
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