Claes Oldenburg became impressed with the Dutch landscape, the harbour city of Rotterdam and the bridge during a stay in the Netherlands. Rotterdam's plans for the construction of a bridge over the New Maas were the inspiration for this sculpture. For the New Maas he imagined a bridge in the shape of a gigantic screw. The museum director at the time - Wim Beeren - reached an agreement with Oldenburg and his wife Coosje van Bruggen in 1978 that they would turn this idea into a model, an etching and a large sculpture for the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. The screw sculpture would not turn out to be as large as a bridge over the New Maas, but it was made to a size that would precisely fit in the museum. The screw bridge was exhibited in the museum in 1983. It was quickly decided, however, that the work would be given a permanent place in the museum's sculpture garden. Claes Oldenburg himself chose this place next to the pond, which in his eyes suited the sculpture the best
Specifications
| Title | Screwarch |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Aluminium |
| Object type |
Sculpture
> Three-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is travelling |
| Dimensions |
Height 386 cm Diameter 242 cm Width 680 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Kunstenaar:
Claes Oldenburg
Kunstenaar: Coosje van Bruggen Uitvoerder: Alfred Lippincott Uitvoerder: Kymball Grant |
| Accession number | BEK 1589 a-j (MK) |
| Credits | Aankoop / Purchase: 1982 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1982 |
| Age artist | About 53 years old |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The United States of America > North America > America |
| Geographical origin | Sweden > Scandanavia > Northern Europe > Europe |
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All about the artist
Claes Oldenburg
Stockholm 1929
Claes Oldenburg is of Swedish origin and studied art and literature at Yale University and subsequently, from 1950 to 1954, at the School of the Art Institute...
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