description Dropped Cone Overview
Dropped Cone is a large-scale public sculpture created in 2001 by the collaborative artistic duo Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. The artwork consists of a massive, inverted ice cream cone melting onto the pitched roof of the Neumarkt Galerie, a shopping center in Cologne, Germany. Constructed from fiberglass-reinforced plastic and metal, the sculpture measures over 11 meters in height and functions as an architectural intervention. It exemplifies the artists' signature style of rendering everyday consumer objects in monumental proportions within urban spaces.
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Where can I see Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's Dropped Cone?
It sits on the Neumarkt Galerie shopping center in Cologne, Germany. The sculpture was installed on March 18, 2001, and dedicated the next day. [Smithsonian object record](https://www.si.edu/object/dropped-cone-sculpture:siris_ari_356082)
What does Dropped Cone depict?
It is a giant inverted ice-cream cone that appears to have landed or slipped onto the roof. The playful food subject fits Oldenburg and van Bruggen's practice of enlarging familiar everyday objects.
What is Dropped Cone made from?
The documented materials include stainless and galvanized steel, fiber-reinforced plastic, balsa wood, and painted polyester gelcoat. That construction lets the work look light and cartoon-like while standing on a building roof.
How big is Dropped Cone in Cologne?
The fabricator lists it at roughly 39 feet 10 inches high and 19 feet in diameter, with more than 32 feet rising above the building. Those proportions are why it reads as a city landmark rather than a normal shop sign.
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