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In 1970, Oldenburg’s plug achieved monumental stature in this Cor-Ten steel and bronze version from an edition of three. Its magnified scale lends the original model for the three-way plug, a standard American design made of Bakelite, a formal affinity with architecture. Read More. Object Details.
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Claes Oldenburg, Giant Three-Way Plug, 1970, mahogany veneer over wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund, 71.7. More by Artist
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Download. View PDF. Giant Three-Way Plug (Cube Tap) Artist/Maker Claes Oldenburg (American, born in Sweden, 1929–2022) Date 1970. Medium Cor-Ten steel and polished bronze. Dimensions Overall: 58 1/4 × 78 1/2 × 119 in., 3500 lb. (148 × 199.4 × 302.3 cm, 1587.59 kg) Credit Line Fund for Contemporary Art. Object number 1970.38. Status. On view.
ABSTRACT. Claes Oldenburg created his monumental COR-TEN and bronze sculpture Giant Th ree-Way Plug, Scale A in 1970. He viewed the piece as a coming together of the mechanical and the organic, and he anticipated the evolution of its patina as a refl ection of the “events of nature” around it.
This film documents the original installation of Claes Oldenburg's "Giant Three-Way Plug" outside of the Allen Memorial Art Museum on the campus of Oberlin College in 1970. In addition to quotes from Oldenburg, the process and spectacle of the event is captured. Film created by former student Richard Haass (OC 1973).
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