Dropped Cone (2001), Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Neumarkt, Cologne, Germany. The sculpture depicted is protected by copyright, and as such this photograph is a derivative.
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Dropped Cone (2001), Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Neumarkt, Cologne, Germany. The sculpture depicted is protected by copyright, and as such this photograph is a derivative, for which fair use is claimed below. The digital photograph itself was