House in the Form of a Blueberry Pie à la Mode
Artist
Claes Oldenburg
(American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022)
Artist
Coosje van Bruggen
(American, born the Netherlands, 1942 - 2009)
Date1996
MediumPastel and graphite pencil on white wove paper
DimensionsImage and sheet: 39 1/4 × 30 inches (99.7 × 76.2 cm)
Framed: 41 7/8 × 32 3/8 × 1 5/8 inches (106.36 × 82.23 × 4.13 cm)
Framed: 41 7/8 × 32 3/8 × 1 5/8 inches (106.36 × 82.23 × 4.13 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Estelle and Morton Sosland in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2021.31.5
Signedsigned in graphite pencil, at lower left: "Oldenburg 7/96"
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DescriptionThis drawing depicts a gigantic piece of blueberry pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream atop it. Both sit on top of a cliff.ProvenancePurchased from the artists, 1996;
Promised Gift, 2009;
Bequeathed by Estelle and Morton Sosland to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2021.
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. k2007, Skira Editore S.p.A., 2006.
Copyright© Estate of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
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Claes Oldenburg
1983
F94-41/3