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Claes Oldenburg
Giant Pool Balls1967

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Large-scale sculpture of oversized matte billiard-style spheres in varied colors arranged in a triangular rack on a dark tray on a parquet floor, one cream sphere set apart
Artist or Maker
Claes Oldenburg
Sweden, active United States, 1929-2022
Title
Giant Pool Balls
Place Made
Sweden, active United States
Date Made
1967
Medium
Fiberglass and metal
Dimensions
Each ball: 24 in. (60.96 cm); Overall: 24 x 120 x 108 in. (60 x 304.8 x 274.32 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift through the Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number
M.69.88a-q
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • Tuchman, Maurice. Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions: Inaugurating The New Contemporary Art Galleries. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.
Copyright
© Claes Oldenburg

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