'Hat in Three Stages of Landing' by Claes Oldenburg

Hat in Three Stages of Landing, 1982
Steel and aluminum painted with polyurethane enamel
Three hats, each 9 ft. 5 in. x 18 ft. x 15 ft. 5 in. (2.9 x 5.5 x 4.7 m)
Each hat is supported on two poles at a different height, equidistant from one another, over an area approximately 162 ft. (49.4 m) long:
(1) 19 ft. 3 in. (5.9 m) high
(2) 12 ft. 10 in. (3.9 m) high
(3) 6 ft. 1 in. (1.9 m) high
Sherwood Park, Salinas, California
Photo by Attilio Maranzano


Fabricated by Lippincott, Inc., North Haven, Connecticut. Engineer: J. Robert Jennings
Commissioned May 1978 by the city of Salinas, California, with a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and donations from local sources
Installed March 22-23, 1982
Inaugurated March 26, 1982