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An Alternate Proposal for an Addition to the AMAM, Oberlin, Ohio
An Alternate Proposal for an Addition to the AMAM, Oberlin, Ohio

An Alternate Proposal for an Addition to the AMAM, Oberlin, Ohio

Artist/Maker (American, born in Sweden, 1929–2022)
Date1977
MediumCollage with blueprint and tracing paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 13 3/16 in. (23.5 × 33.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund
Object number1980.27
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Estate of Claes OldenburgMore Information
This is the earliest drawing for Alternate Proposal with only the front elevation of one plug visible. Oldenburg incorporated a collaged rendering by the Venturi office to represent the Gilbert façade and characteristically made his plug addition appear colossal in relation to the architecture, drawn at the lower right-hand corner. The Venturi wing is presented on the scale of sculpture, suggesting a comparison between both objects in a "poetry of scale" and providing the punch line of Oldenburg's witty dialogue with Venturi's self-consciously "decorated shed."
Exhibition History
New Acquisitions 1981
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 19, 1981 - August 23, 1981 )
Building Utopia: Oberlin Architecture, 1833-1983
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 29, 1983 - January 29, 1984 )
The Sheltering Connection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 3, 2001 - September 17, 2001 )
Between "Plain and Fancy": Venturi at Oberlin
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 9, 2007 - July 1, 2007 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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