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Shuttlecock – Fabrication Model
Shuttlecock – Fabrication Model

Shuttlecock – Fabrication Model

Artist Claes Oldenburg (American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022)
Artist Coosje van Bruggen (American, born the Netherlands, 1942 - 2009)
Date1994
MediumAluminum, cardboard, felt; coated with resin and painted with polyurethane enamel
DimensionsOverall: 30 × 28 × 24 inches (76.2 × 71.12 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Estelle and Morton Sosland in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2021.31.8
Inscribed"Yardbirds Model 1/8 scale 1994" incised in base plate
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DescriptionThis model depicts a badminton shuttlecock with white feathers and orange ball at its tip It rests at an angle on the orange tip.Gallery Label
In 1992, Claes Oldenburg and his wife and collaborator Coosje van Bruggen were commissioned to design a sculpture for The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The pair designed four giant badminton birdies or Shuttlecocks (1994) that were placed as though they had just landed on opposite sides of the Museum-as-net. Shuttlecock—Fabrication Model is Oldenburg and van Bruggen’s final preparatory model for this commission and is very similar to its monumental counterpart. Together, these preparatory drawings and models provide a record of the artists’ thought processes and working techniques. They enrich our understanding of the complexities involved in the creation of large-scale, commissioned works of art.
Provenance

Purchased from the artists, Pace Gallery, New York, NY;

Bequeathed by Estelle and Morton Sosland to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2021.


Published References

Oldenburg, Claes and van Bruggen, Coosje, "Large-Scale Projects," The Monacelli Press, 1994.

Oldenburg, Claes and van Bruggen, Coosje, "Sculpture By The Way," Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli-Turin, October 25,2006 - February 25,2007 , Skira Editore S.p.A., 2006.

Copyright© Estate of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
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