The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 27, 2024
Standing Mitt with Ball
1973
(American, 1929–2022)
Overall: 210.8 x 241.2 x 388.4 cm (83 x 94 15/16 x 152 15/16 in.)
© Claes Thure Oldenburg
Location: ATRM Atrium
Did You Know?
This artist makes super-sized re-creations of everyday objects.Description
Oldenburg is known for creating artworks that reinterpret the quotidian objects that make up our everyday lives in a variety of sizes and materials, whether they are truly banal, bizarre, or curiously appealing. This colossal work conflates rigid steel, soft lead, and curved wooden planks to present a monumental distillation of America’s favorite pastime.- Knight, Michael. “12-Foot-High Baseball Mitt is Safe at Home.” New York Times. October 17, 1973.Krebs, Betty Dietz. “‘Standing Mitt’ Sends Smaller Version Here.” Dayton Daily News. January 25, 1974.Wootten, Dick. “17 area artists are included in NOVA exhibit.” Cleveland Press. December 1, 1973.McCaslin, Walt. “Mitt-and-ball art shows way creativity digresses, develops.” Dayton Journal Herald. January 25, 1975.Borsick, Helen. “Monumental Mitt.” The Plain Dealer. December 2, 1973.
- The New Gallery
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.125