"The towering tool has been a fixture on the campus of the publisher People Inc (formerly ), for 23 years. The company confirmed in a statement to the Des Moines Register on 22 August that the sculpture has been sold to an undisclosed "out of state" buyer, adding: "We agreed to the sale only after offering the piece to local organisations. The Plantoir will likely be moved to the new owner before the end of September.""
"Plantoir is over 23ft tall and weighs 2,300lbs. It is made from aluminum, fiber-reinforced plastic and steel, and was constructed to withstand winds up to 120m per hour. Another editon of the sculpture belongs to the Fundação de Serralves and is on display in in Porto, Portugal. A different version of the sculpture, Plantoir, Blue (2001-21) was at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan in 2022."
"Plantoir is one of two public sculptures in Des Moines by the famed Pop Art duo. Just one mile east stands Crusoe Umbrella (1979), which was commissioned by the city in 1978 and installed the following year on Cowles Common. Crusoe Umbrella, like Plantoir, holds a title from the for its status as the largest sculpture of an umbrella in existence."
Plantoir (2001) by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen has been sold to an undisclosed out-of-state buyer and is expected to be moved before the end of September. The sculpture has stood on the People Inc campus in downtown Des Moines for 23 years after being purchased in 2002 by Better Homes & Gardens for the company centennial. Plantoir measures over 23 feet, weighs 2,300 pounds, and is built from aluminum, fiber-reinforced plastic and steel to withstand high winds. Other editions exist at Fundação de Serralves in Porto and as Plantoir, Blue at Rockefeller Center in 2022.
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