1960 –
Age of Post-Colonialism

Claes Oldenburg's Floor Cake

Claes Oldenburg, Floor Cake, Synthetic polymer paint and latex on canvas filled with foam rubber and cardboard boxes, 58.375 x 114.25 x 58.375 in. (148.2 x 290.2 x 148.2 cm) 1962 (MoMA)
Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker

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Where and When

Claes Oldenburg
New York, Unites States
1962

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The artist's website

About the artist from Grove Art via MoMA

Whitney exhibition review in The New York Times

Conservation of Floor Cake on MoMA's blog Inside/Out

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