Large-Scale Sculptures by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
We’ve visited a handful of large-scale sculptures by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in the past, but because we love them so much we thought we’d do a comprehensive round up of as many as possible, in roughly chronological order1 of their creation. Clothespin is an Oldenburg work in Philadelphia – one of several pieces in the city that this writer saw during a visit last year, the 13.7m (45′) weathered steel sculpture was erected in 1976. These prolific artists produced one or more public sculptures – usually of everyday objects – almost every year from 1976…