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Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen — Leaning Fork with Meatball & Spaghetti III

Leaning Fork with Meatball & Spaghetti III

A monumental sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, *Leaning Fork with Meatball & Spaghetti III* transforms an ordinary dining utensil into a towering, whimsical work of art cast in aluminum and finished with polyurethane. The oversized fork tilts at a dramatic angle, crowned with a generous heap of spaghetti and a robust meatball, rendered with playful, cartoonish realism. This signature Pop Art sensibility elevates the mundane and familiar into a grand, humorous meditation on consumer culture and everyday life.

Medium
polyurethane on cast aluminum

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

November 8, 2015

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Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen, Leaning Fork with Meatball & Spaghetti III

A monumental sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, *Leaning Fork with Meatball & Spaghetti III* transforms an ordinary dining utensil into a towering, whimsical work of art cast in aluminum and finished with polyurethane. The oversized fork tilts at a dramatic angle, crowned with a generous heap of spaghetti and a robust meatball, rendered with playful, cartoonish realism. This signature Pop Art sensibility elevates the mundane and familiar into a grand, humorous meditation on consumer culture and everyday life.

Medium
polyurethane on cast aluminum
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Cast Aluminum, American Artists, Monumental Scale, Public Art, Sculpture, Humor And Whimsy, Food Imagery, Oversized Objects, Humorous Tone, Pop Art, Contemporary Sculpture, Public Sculpture, Everyday Objects, Collaborative Art, Contemporary Art, Collaborative Duo, Playful Mood

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Art Institute of Chicago