id: 173062 accession number: 2017.125 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.125 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:47.486000 Standing Mitt with Ball, 1973. Claes Thure Oldenburg (American, 1929–2022). Steel, lead and wood; overall: 210.8 x 241.2 x 388.4 cm (83 x 94 15/16 x 152 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund given in honor of George Gund III 2017.125 © Claes Thure Oldenburg title: Standing Mitt with Ball title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1973 creation date earliest: 1973 creation date latest: 1973 current location: ATRM Atrium creditline: Gift of Agnes Gund given in honor of George Gund III copyright: © Claes Thure Oldenburg --- culture: America technique: steel, lead and wood department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Claes Thure Oldenburg (American, 1929–2022) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 210.8 x 241.2 x 388.4 cm (83 x 94 15/16 x 152 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'The New Gallery', 'opening_date': '1972-12-04T05:00:00Z'} --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Knight, Michael. “12-Foot-High Baseball Mitt is Safe at Home.” New York Times. October 17, 1973. page number: url: Krebs, Betty Dietz. “‘Standing Mitt’ Sends Smaller Version Here.” Dayton Daily News. January 25, 1974. page number: url: Wootten, Dick. “17 area artists are included in NOVA exhibit.” Cleveland Press. December 1, 1973. page number: url: McCaslin, Walt. “Mitt-and-ball art shows way creativity digresses, develops.” Dayton Journal Herald. January 25, 1975. page number: url: Borsick, Helen. “Monumental Mitt.” The Plain Dealer. December 2, 1973. page number: url: --- IMAGES