ID: 700008423 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008423	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Knife Ship I (sculpture (visual works); Claes Oldenburg (American sculptor, draftsman, and printmake...; 1985; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York City, New York state,...)

Note: Knife Ship I is a large sculpture representing a Swiss army knife as a Viking ship, complete with paddles that row, controlled by motors. The component knives and tools also move.

Titles:

Knife Ship I (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

Modern art (preferred)

Creation Date: 1985

Creator Display:

Claes Oldenburg (American sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, born 1929 in Sweden); Coosje van Bruggen (Dutch sculptor and writer, 1942-2009, active in the United States) [preferred,VP]

sculptor Oldenburg, Claes (American sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, 1929-2022, born in Sweden) [500029735]

sculptor Bruggen, Coosje van (Dutch sculptor and writer, 1942-2009, active in the United States, ) [500032593]

Locations:

Current: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303631] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: Vinyl-covered wood, steel, aluminum, motors

	vinyl [300014502]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material, plastic (material), <plastic by property>, thermoplastic)

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	aluminum (metal) [300011015]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <aluminum and aluminum alloys>)

	motors [300024609]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, power producing equipment)

Dimensions: 966 x 1232 x 960 cms.

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Pop (fine arts styles) [300022205] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, <post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

marines (preferred,isness)

utilitarian objects

Specific Subjects:

	ship [300082981]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by general type>) (AAT)

	pocket knife [300161528]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, cutting equipment, cutting tools, knives) (AAT)

	humor [300055927]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, artistic devices) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Knife Ship I	........ [VP]
	........ Guggenheim Museum [online] (2014) "Knife Ship I," accessed 14 May 2014

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Guggenheim Museum [online] (2014) "Knife Ship I," accessed 14 May 2014

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Guggenheim Museum [online] (2014)