Untitled (Caparena figure)

Clarence Woolsey, Grace Woolsey, Untitled (Caparena figure), ca. 1961 - 1972, bottle caps, wood, and wire, 34 × 19 × 12 ¹⁄₂ in. (86.4 × 48.3 × 31.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Orren and Marilyn Bradley and Kohler Foundation, Inc., 2015.58.27

Artwork Details

Title: Untitled (Caparena figure)
Artists: Clarence Woolsey
Grace Woolsey
Date: ca. 1961 - 1972
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
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1st Floor
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West Wing
Dimensions: 34 × 19 × 12 ¹⁄₂ in. (86.4 × 48.3 × 31.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Orren and Marilyn Bradley and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Mediums Description: bottle caps, wood, and wire
Classifications: Sculpture
Subjects: Animal — bear
Object Number: 2015.58.27
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2015.58.27

Artwork Description

Clarence and Grace Woolsey started their yard environment of bottlecap sculptures in the winter of 1961. Over the next decade, they made figures that looked like bears, rabbits, characters from nursery rhymes and children's tales, curious aliens, and structures and objects like churches, windmills, and bicycles. In the mid-1970s, they began charging curiosity-seekers to view "the World's Largest Pioneer Caparena." The site was dismantled in 1972.