Verena Auffermann, 1995.

Hardcover, 120 pp., d.j., 

German and English text.

Inverted Collar and Tie by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Brugen documents the construction, production, travel and finishing of the sculpture from San Francisco to Frankfurt, Germany in 1994-1995 through computer drawings, descriptions, photographs, and a conversation between the two artists.

From a conversation, January 27th, 1994: Petaluma, CA

"...In this case, it's a soft object from the beginning and it's a very humanistic object.  We always think about Thoreau an his recommendation that if you get tired of looking at the world the way it is, you should bend down and look at it through your legs and see it upside down.  That will refresh you vision..."