About the Artwork
Alphabet / Good Humor
1975
Claes Oldenburg
1929 - 2022
American
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Cast resin painted with polyurethane; bronze, and wood
Overall: 36 × 19 1/8 × 10 inches (91.4 × 48.6 × 25.4 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Founders Society Purchase with funds from W. Hawkins Ferry
77.14
Non-commercial all standard museum
Markings
Signed in script on bronze base, lower right: Oldenburg
Inscribed, titled, dated on bronze base, lower left: ALPHABET | GOOD HUMOR 3/12 c COPYRIGHT 1975 CLAES OLDENBURG
Provenance
1977-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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“Family Art Game.” Detroit Free Press, June 4, 1978, p. 24 (ill.) [DIA Advertising Supplement].
“Family Art Game.” Detroit News, April 10, 1983, p. 7 (ill.) [DIA Advertising Supplement].
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© Claes Oldenburg, Courtesy of Pace Gallery
Claes Oldenburg, Alphabet / Good Humor, 1975, cast resin painted with polyurethane; bronze, and wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from W. Hawkins Ferry, 77.14.
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