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Sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Typewriter Eraser, Scale X

Artist	Claes Oldenburg Coosje van Bruggen
Year	1999
Type	sculpture
Dimensions	350 cm (227+1⁄4 in × 152+1⁄2 in × 136 in)
Location	National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′30.2″N 77°1′25″W / 38.891722°N 77.02361°W / 38.891722; -77.02361
Owner	National Gallery of Art

Typewriter Eraser, Scale X is a sculpture of a large-scale typewriter eraser by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

Constructed in 1999, this model is located at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. Other models are also located at Seattle Center near the Museum of Pop Culture, and CityCenter, Paradise. Typewriter Eraser, Scale X is on view at the Norton Museum of Art.

External image
Typewriter Eraser, Scale X, foreground, decorates Seattle

References

v t e Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Sculptures by Oldenburg	Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks (1969) Geometric Mouse, Variation I, Scale A (1971) Clothespin (1976)
Sculptures by Oldenburg and van Bruggen	Batcolumn (1977) Spoonbridge and Cherry (1988) Mistos (1992) Inverted Collar and Tie (1994) Typewriter Eraser, Scale X (1999) Needle, Thread and Knot (2000) Cupid's Span (2002)
Related	Free Stamp (1991) Binoculars Building (1991) Pop art

Works

Portrait
sculpture

Busts	Chief Seattle Edvard Grieg James J. Hill Henry M. Jackson Mark A. Matthews
Statues	Chief Seattle Christopher Columbus† Chris Cornell Leif Erikson Ivar Haglund Jimi Hendrix Don James Lenin John McGraw Jim Owens William H. Seward Sun Yat-Sen George Washington

Key: † No longer extant or on public display

Features

Defunct	Mercer Arena SkyCity

Events

Public art

People	Lawrence Halprin Paul Thiry Minoru Yamasaki

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