Typewriter Eraser, Scale X
{{Short description|Sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen}}
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| image_file = Typewriter-eraser.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| title = Typewriter Eraser, Scale X
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| artist = Claes Oldenburg
Coosje van Bruggen
| year = 1999
| type = sculpture
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| height_imperial = {{frac|227|1|4}}
| width_imperial = {{frac|152|1|2}}
| length_imperial = 136
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| city = Washington, D.C.
| museum = National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
| coordinates = {{Coord|38|53|30.2|N|77|1|25|W|type:landmark_region:US-DC|display=inline,title}}
| owner = National Gallery of Art
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Typewriter Eraser, Scale X is a sculpture of a large-scale typewriter eraser by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!338960~!0#focus "Typewriter Eraser, Scale X, (sculpture)"]. SIRIS
Constructed in 1999, this model is located at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden.{{cite web |url=http://www.nga.gov/feature/sculpturegarden/sculpture/index.shtm |title=National Gallery of Art - Sculpture Garden |publisher=Nga.gov |access-date=2014-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323225024/http://www.nga.gov/feature/sculpturegarden/sculpture/index.shtm |archive-date=2014-03-23 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.gov/feature/sculpturegarden/sculpture/sculpture1-fs.shtm |title=Typewriter Eraser, Scale X - Image |publisher=Nga.gov |access-date=2014-04-29}}
Other models are also located at Seattle Center near the Museum of Pop Culture,{{Cite web|url=http://centerspotlight.seattle.gov/2016/05/02/typewriter-eraser-coming-in-june/|title=Center Spotlight » Typewriter Eraser Coming in June|website=centerspotlight.seattle.gov|date=2 May 2016 |access-date=2017-08-18}} and CityCenter, Paradise.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/citycenter-242514-hotel-art.html?pic=8|title = New CityCenter|date = 3 April 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://govegas.about.com/od/citycenter/ig/CityCenter-Art-Collection/Typewriter-Eraser.htm |title=CityCenter Las Vegas Fine Art Collection - CityCenter Las Vegas - Art in Las Vegas at City Center |publisher=Govegas.about.com |date=2013-02-22 |access-date=2014-04-29}} Typewriter Eraser, Scale X is on view at the Norton Museum of Art.{{Cite web|url=https://www.norton.org/exhibitions/Oldenburg-van-Bruggen|title = Norton Museum of Art | Oldenburg and van Bruggen: The Typewriter Eraser, A Favored Form}}
{{External media| float = right| width = 240px| image1 = [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-vanbruggen13-pg,0,6532039.photogallery?index=lat-vanbruggen_jbqdp1nc.jpg Typewriter Eraser, Scale X, foreground, decorates Seattle]}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.weta.org/video/individual/Typewriter+Eraser%2C+Scale+X Typewriter Eraser, Scale X], Janis Goodman, WETA
{{Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen}}
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Category:Fiberglass sculptures in the United States
Category:National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
Category:Outdoor sculptures in Seattle
Category:Olympic Sculpture Park
Category:Sculptures by Claes Oldenburg
Category:Sculptures by Coosje van Bruggen
Category:Steel sculptures in Nevada
Category:Steel sculptures in Washington (state)
Category:Steel sculptures in Washington, D.C.
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