Claes Oldenburg Giant Rubber Stamp

To the city of cleveland installed august october 1991 inaugurated november 15 1991 statement by the artists.

Claes oldenburg giant rubber stamp.

Claes oldenburg 1929 and coosje van bruggen 1942 2009 were all about big. It was commissioned by the amoco oil company in 1985. And the free stamp in cleveland s willard park is no exception. In the cleveland area it s one of three titanic installations created by oldenburg and van bruggen.

Cleveland s giant free stamp is a nod to the civil war but was misinterpreted for years. Oldenburg said the idea of a giant rubber stamp was inspired by the form of the 1894 soldiers and sailors monument which features a slender triumphal column rising out of a blocky romanesque. Discover world s largest rubber stamp in cleveland ohio. The sculpture depicts a rubber stamp with the word free in its stamping area.

The dimensions of the sculpture are 28 ft 10 in 8 79 m by 26 ft 7 9 m by 49 ft 15 m. Painted with polyurethane enamel 28 ft. Oldenburg and van bruggen are well known for their sculptures of common items done to giant proportions. The giant clothespin was created in 1976.

The giant rubber stamp is 28 feet tall by 48 feet long. 8 8 x 7 9 x 14 9 m commissioned december 1982 by sohio later bp america inc gift of bp america inc. Inarguably the world s largest office stamp the aluminum and steel structure is 49 feet long 28 feet high and weighs 70 000 pounds. Created by claes oldenburg and his wife coosje van bruggen it has been called the world s largest rubber stamp.

Free stamp willard park cleveland ohio steel and aluminum. For more see this website. The big rubber stamp with the word free on it is a creation of artist claes oldenburg who sculpts giant versions of everyday objects that turn up in public parks and on city sidewalks. It is 54 foot tall.

Available for sale from woodward gallery claes oldenburg boom stamped indelibly 1967 rubber stamp ink print on paper 9 1 2 6 1 2 in.