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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dropped Cone canonical | 3 |
Statements (41)
| 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
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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
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steel ⓘ |
| movement | Pop art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
illusion of a dropped ice cream cone
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playful treatment of everyday objects ⓘ |
| position | appears to have fallen onto the building corner ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| scale | monumental ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
food
ⓘ
urban environment ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.