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Scissors as monument

Scissors as monument
 1967
from the National collection of fine arts portfolio 1968

Medium
colour lithograph
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1969
© 1967 Claes Oldenburg (for Scissors as Monument)
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour lithograph
Measurements
76.2 × 51.1 cm (image and sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Axsom and Platzker 49
Edition
ed. 20/144
Printing/Publishing
printed by Atelier Mourlot, New York
Inscription
inscribed in pencil (in image) l.l.: 20/144
inscribed in pencil (in image) l.r.: Oldenburg
Accession Number
P56-1969
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1969
© 1967 Claes Oldenburg (for Scissors as Monument)
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Concepts and Ideas Monuments and Memorials Utilitarian Objects
Subjects (specific)
diagrams obelisks (monumental pillars) scissors underground (positional attribute) United States (nation) Washington (inhabited place)
Movements
Pop (fine arts styles)

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