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.

It was commissioned by the amoco oil company in 1985. The sculpture depicts a rubber stamp with the word free in its stamping area. In the cleveland area it s one of three titanic installations created by oldenburg and van bruggen. 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.

For those of you not familiar with free stamp it is a large sculpture designed by claes oldenburg and coosje van bruggen of a giant rubber stamp with the word free backwards on it. It is 54 foot tall. Free stamp willard park cleveland ohio steel and aluminum. It was intended to be displayed in amoco s lobby but ended up in storage in indiana for seven years.

For more see this website. The giant rubber stamp is 28 feet tall by 48 feet long. Created by claes oldenburg and his wife coosje van bruggen it has been called the world s largest rubber stamp. Oldenburg and van bruggen are well known for their sculptures of common items done to giant proportions.

In 1991 it was donated to cleveland. Inarguably the world s largest office stamp the aluminum and steel structure is 49 feet long 28 feet high and weighs 70 000 pounds. Cleveland s giant free stamp is a nod to the civil war but was misinterpreted for years. The giant clothespin was created in 1976.

8 8 x 7 9 x 14 9 m commissioned december 1982 by sohio later bp america inc gift of bp america inc. Claes oldenburg 1929 and coosje van bruggen 1942 2009 were all about big. Discover world s largest rubber stamp in cleveland ohio. And the free stamp in cleveland s willard park is no exception.

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.