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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/2430/2435-13.jpg
Title	Proposal for a Skyscraper in the Form of a Chicago Fireplug: Inverted Version.
Creator	Oldenburg, Claes (American sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, born 1929 in Sweden)
Date	1969
Cultural Context	American North American
Style/Period	Pop (fine arts styles) Modern (styles and periods)
Theme	Proposals Projects (artistic concepts) Design drawings Presentation drawings (proposals) Architectural drawings (visual works) Drawings (visual works) Versions Architecture (object genre) Skyscrapers Buildings Sculpture (visual work) Outdoor sculpture Colossi Watercolors (paintings) Paintings (visual works) Mixed media Fire hydrants Inscriptions Text (layout feature) Words Handwriting Cursive scripts (general scripts by form) Scripts (writing) Letters (signs) Capital letters Initials (abbreviations) Abbreviations Signatures (names) Numerals Numbers
Subject	Design drawings Presentation drawings (Proposals) Architectural drawings Drawings Architecture Skyscrapers Buildings Sculpture Watercolors Paintings Pencil works Crayon drawings Mixed media Fire hydrants Inscriptions Artists' signatures Initials Numerals
Description	Pencil, crayon, and watercolor on paper.
Location Depicted	Chicago (Ill.) Illinois
Material	Pencils (drawing and writing equipment) Crayons (drawing material) Watercolor (paint) Water-base paint Paint Paper (fiber product) Pencil on paper Mixed media
Measurements	17 1/2 x 12" (44.5 x 30.5 cm)
Technique	Painting (image-making) Drawing (image-making)
Inscription	Across the bottom, left to right: Inverted plug as skyscraper / 12 x 17 / CO 69
Work Type	Proposals Projects (artistic concepts) Design drawings Presentation drawings (Proposals) Architectural drawings Drawings Architecture Skyscrapers Buildings Colossi Sculpture Outdoor sculpture Watercolors Crayon drawings Pencil works Mixed media
Source	Varnedoe, Kirk, and Adam Gopnik. High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture. New York: Museum of Modern Art; Abrams, 1990. (p.356, fig.199)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Varndedoe courtesy: Collection Dr. and Mrs. Phillip T. George; Jerry D. Friedman.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 2435-13.jpg
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