Spoonbridge and Cherry: The Story of a Public Sculpture

Section 1: An Idea Takes Shape and Takes Hold

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:01 -0400

Title	Section 1: An Idea Takes Shape and Takes Hold
Author	Abbie Anderson

untitled study for the sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry

Claes Oldenburg — Wed, 01 Jun 1988 00:00:00 -0400

Title	untitled study for the sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry
Artist	Claes Oldenburg
Date	1988
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Spoonbridge and Cherry (track 3)

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Spoonbridge and Cherry (track 3)
Creator	Art on Call
Date	August 25, 2006
Institution	Walker Art Center

This audio file is part of Art on Call, the Walker Art Center audio program that includes artists, curators, and tour guides discussing works of art from the Walker's collection. Art on Call's interpretative content, a complete up-to-date listing of events at the Walker, and much more is available on your phone at 612.374.8200. Additional play options and more information about the program are available online at http://newmedia.walkerart.org/aoc/

Notebook Page: Study for the Sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry

Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen — Sun, 01 Jun 1986 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Notebook Page: Study for the Sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry
Artist	Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen
Date	1986
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

View of Spoonbridge and Cherry, with Sailboat and Skater

Claes Oldenburg — Wed, 01 Jun 1988 00:00:00 -0400

Title	View of Spoonbridge and Cherry, with Sailboat and Skater
Artist	Claes Oldenburg
Date	1988
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

title was changed from View of Spoonbridge and Cherry, with Sailboat and Running Man to current title on August 28, 2006

Model for Spoonbridge and Cherry (small study)

Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen — Sun, 01 Jun 1986 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Model for Spoonbridge and Cherry (small study)
Artist	Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen
Date	1986
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen — Sat, 01 Jun 1985 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Spoonbridge and Cherry
Artist	Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen
Date	1985-1988
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	On view at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

A large spoon with a cherry suspended on the rim. Water exits the cherry from both ends of the black cherry stem. Sculpture weighs approximately 7000 lbs..

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Spoonbridge and Cherry
Creator	Walker Art Center
Date	1998
Institution	Walker Art Center

The centerpiece of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Spoonbridge and Cherry was commissioned especially for the site from the artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

Coosje van Bruggen:
"And scale is one of the most difficult things to determine. Scale is the proportion of the object in comparison to other things in the surroundings-buildings, the highway, anything. All of that you have to take into account when you do a public sculpture."

This is a clip from the video Walker 'Round Sculpture (Walker Art Center, 1998).

Opening day celebration

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:01 -0400

Title	Opening day celebration
Author	Robin Dowden

Section 2: About the Artists and About the Artwork

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:02 -0400

Title	Section 2: About the Artists and About the Artwork
Author	Abbie Anderson

Shoestring Potatoes Spilling from a Bag

Claes Oldenburg — Wed, 01 Jun 1966 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Shoestring Potatoes Spilling from a Bag
Artist	Claes Oldenburg
Date	1966
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Three-Way Plug — Scale A, Soft, Brown

Claes Oldenburg — Sun, 01 Jun 1975 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Three-Way Plug — Scale A, Soft, Brown
Artist	Claes Oldenburg
Date	1975
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden from above

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:02 -0400

Title	Minneapolis Sculpture Garden from above
Author	Robin Dowden

Gardens of Versailles Palace

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:03 -0400

Title	Gardens of Versailles Palace
Author	Robin Dowden

Fountain

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:03 -0400

Title	Fountain
Author	Robin Dowden

Section 3: Refurbishing the Cherry

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:04 -0400

Title	Section 3: Refurbishing the Cherry
Author	Abbie Anderson

Removing the cherry

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:05 -0400

Title	Removing the cherry
Author	Robin Dowden

Removing the cherry

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:05 -0400

Title	Removing the cherry
Author	Robin Dowden

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:06 -0400

Title
Author	Abbie Anderson

Conservation work on the cherry March 2009

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:06 -0400

Title	Conservation work on the cherry March 2009
Author	Robin Dowden

First coat of epoxy primer

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:07 -0400

Title	First coat of epoxy primer
Author	Robin Dowden

Conservation

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:07 -0400

Title	Conservation
Author	Robin Dowden

Video of the refurbished cherry being reunited with the spoon.

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:08 -0400

Title	Video of the refurbished cherry being reunited with the spoon.
Author	Sarah Schultz

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Spoonbridge and Cherry (track 2)

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Spoonbridge and Cherry (track 2)
Creator	Art on Call
Date	August 25, 2006
Institution	Walker Art Center

Resources

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:08 -0400

Title	Resources
Author	Abbie Anderson

Spoonbridge and Cherry: The Story of a Public Sculpture

Section 1: An Idea Takes Shape and Takes Hold

Section 1: An Idea Takes Shape and Takes Hold

untitled study for the sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry

untitled study for the sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry

1988

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Spoonbridge and Cherry (track 3)

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Spoonbridge and Cherry (track 3)

Art on Call

August 25, 2006

Notebook Page: Study for the Sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry

Notebook Page: Study for the Sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry

1986

View of Spoonbridge and Cherry, with Sailboat and Skater

View of Spoonbridge and Cherry, with Sailboat and Skater

1988

Model for Spoonbridge and Cherry (small study)

Model for Spoonbridge and Cherry (small study)

1986

Spoonbridge and Cherry