Geometric Mouse – Scale C
Geometric Mouse – Scale C
Artist
Claes Oldenburg
(Swedish American, 1929 - 2022)
Artist
Coosje van Bruggen
(Dutch American, 1942 - 2009)
Date1971
MediumAnodized aluminum
Dimensions18 5/8 × 20 5/8 × 10 in. (47.3 × 52.4 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of John Wilmerding, 2020.113
Accession number
2020.113
On View
Not on viewLabel TextDrawing inspiration from Mickey Mouse, Claes Oldenburg’s Geometric Mouse – Scale C radically abstracts the animated character’s image without interfering with the strength of the symbol. In this work, Oldenburg retains the fictional character’s circular ears while swapping its round head for a square and adding two square eye holes, a long nose, and two chains with small circles on the ends, representing arms or the two buttons on Mickey’s iconic trousers.
Inscribedproper right disc attached to chain: CO 41/120
Markingsproper left disc attached to chain: © 1971 Claes Oldenburg / Produced by Gemini G.E.L. II
