Dropped Cone

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Dropped Cone is a large-scale public sculpture by Claes Oldenburg that depicts an oversized ice cream cone seemingly fallen onto the corner of a building, exemplifying his playful, monumental treatment of everyday objects.

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Dropped Cone canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf outdoor sculpture
public sculpture
site-specific artwork
work by Claes Oldenburg
access viewable from street
artForm sculpture
artisticTheme consumer culture
humor
playful transformation of scale
category Outdoor sculptures in Cologne
Pop art sculptures
Sculptures by Claes Oldenburg
coCreator Coosje van Bruggen NERFINISHED
coCreatorNationality Dutch
color cream-colored ice cream
waffle-brown cone
commissionedFor commercial building
country Germany NERFINISHED
creator Claes Oldenburg NERFINISHED
creatorNationality American
depicts everyday object
ice cream cone
function public art
genre Pop art
hasTitleLanguage English
installedOn roof corner of a shopping center
integratedWith architecture of the building
locatedIn Cologne NERFINISHED
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
location Neumarkt Galerie NERFINISHED
materialUsed fiberglass
steel
movement Pop art NERFINISHED
notableFor illusion of a dropped ice cream cone
playful treatment of everyday objects
position appears to have fallen onto the building corner
publicAccess yes
scale monumental
subjectMatter food
urban environment

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Claes Oldenburg notableWork Dropped Cone
Coosje van Bruggen notableWork Dropped Cone