Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, 1969 One day in 1969, Yale’s Beinecke Plaza was suddenly invaded by a 24-foot-high sculpture featuring a giant lipstick placed on caterpillar tracks. Made out of cost-efficient raw materials, Claes employed plywood track for the base and red vinyl balloon top, to be puffed up for better visibility and gaining focus. Beth Harris moved Oldenburg, Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks. Find more prominent pieces of sculpture at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, 1969. A monumental tube of lipstick sprouting from a military vehicle appeared, uninvited, on the campus of Yale University amidst the 1969 student protests against the Vietnam War.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. ‘Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks’ was created in 1969 by Claes Oldenburg in Pop Art style.
Lipstick Ascending, on Caterpillar Tracks Creator/Culture artist: Claes Oldenburg (American, 1929-) Site/Repository Former site: Beinecke Plaza, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA) Period/Date Pop Creation date: 1969-1974 Media/Technique painted Cor-Ten steel body, aluminum tube, and fiberglass, sculpture Dimensions
| Tate Images. Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks claimed a visible space for the anti-war movement while also poking fun at the solemnity of the plaza. The sculpture was a creation by American artist and sculptor Claes … 1969–1974. 1969–1974 from Modern/Contemporary (primarily 20th century) to In Process (completed and ready to publish) Mya Dosch attached Claes Oldenburg Lipstick Ascending Smarthistory.docx to Oldenburg, Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks. The body of the mysterious "Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks" comprises of a 24 feet lipstick standing on a tank track, which the artist called 'caterpillar.' The sculpture served as a stage and backdrop for several subsequent student protests.
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