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Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Cleveland’s Free Stamp
Invitation to the dedication of Free Stamp
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Cleveland’s Free Stamp
Edward J. Olszewski
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS
ATHENS
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Front cover: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Free Stamp, 1990, Willard Park, Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by author
Half title page: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Free Stamp, interior view. Photo by John T. Seyfried © ICA-Art Conservation 2015
Page 190: Free Stamp (with Cesar Pelli’s Key Bank Building)
Back cover: Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, and Frank Gehry at Gehry’s office, September 1988. Photograph © 1988 Sidney F. Felsen
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Olszewski, Edward J., 1937– author.
Title: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Cleveland’s Free Stamp / Edward J. Olszewski.
Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017023507| ISBN 9780821422717 (hardback) | ISBN 9780821446034 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Oldenburg, Claes, 1929–Free stamp. | Oldenburg, Claes, 1929—Criticism and interpretation. | Bruggen, Coosje van—Criticism and interpretation. | Outdoor sculpture—Ohio—Cleveland. | Public sculpture—Ohio—Cleveland. | BISAC: ART / History / Contemporary (1945–).
Classification: LCC NB237.O42 A64 2017 | DDC 730.92—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017023507
CONTENTS
6. Impasse: June 1986 to September 1989
