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Dixie Cup and Candies

Object Details

Provenance
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Sale Number 3050, 14 May 1970, Lot 60A
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1974
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Claes Oldenburg, American, b. Stockholm, Sweden, 1929–2022
Date
1962
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1974
Medium
Canvas, plaster, and paint
Dimensions
cup: 3 7/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 5/8 in. (8.7 x 8.6 x 9.2 cm) candy bar: 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 2 in. (0.6 x 14.3 x 5.1 cm) candy log: 3 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (8.3 x 3.5 cm) candy "kiss": 1 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 9/16 in. (4.4 x 4.1 x 4 cm)
Type
Sculpture
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