Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Double Screwarch Bridge
1981

A surreal artwork depicting two large, black, funnel-like structures with serrated edges, connected at the top by a thin, flowing line over a body of water. The background features a pale sky above a distant landscape with subtle hints of greenery and structures. The image has a beige border with the artist's signature on the bottom right.
A surreal artwork depicting two large, black, funnel-like structures with serrated edges, connected at the top by a thin, flowing line over a body of water. The background features a pale sky above a distant landscape with subtle hints of greenery and structures. The image has a beige border with the artist's signature on the bottom right.

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Date
1981

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching, aquatint, and monoprint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 33 3/8 × 59 7/8in. (84.8 × 152.1 cm) Plate: 23 1/2 × 50 3/4in. (59.7 × 128.9 cm)

Accession number
82.42

Edition
TP 6/9 | 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 Wilfred P. and Rose J. Cohen Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Claes Oldenburg

API
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Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
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