Untitled (Caparena Figure)

Copied Clarence Woolsey, Grace Woolsey, Untitled (Caparena Figure), ca. 1961-1972, wood, bottlecaps, and wire, 42 × 20 × 13 in. (106.7 × 50.8 × 33 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Samuel and Blanche Koffler Acquisition Fund, 2016.28

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (Caparena Figure)
Date
ca. 1961-1972
Dimensions
42 × 20 × 13 in. (106.7 × 50.8 × 33 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Samuel and Blanche Koffler Acquisition Fund
Mediums Description
wood, bottlecaps, and wire
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure — full length
Object Number
2016.28

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.