Profile Airflow—Test Mold, Front End

Accession Number
1975/1.80

Title
Profile Airflow—Test Mold, Front End

Artist(s)
Claes Oldenburg

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1968-1972

Medium & Support
polyurethane relief over one-color silkscreen on Plexiglas

Dimensions
18 3/4 in. x 15 7/8 in. x 3 15/16 in. ( 47.6 cm x 40.4 cm x 10 cm )

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Physical Description
A polyurethane relief sculpture of the front end of an automobile superimposed over a silkscreen image of the car in an aluminum frame.

Primary Object Classification
Sculpture

Primary Object Type
relief

Additional Object Classification(s)
Mixed Media

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
abstraction
automobiles
car
modern and contemporary art
relief (sculpture techniques)

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