Absolutely. As we already explained, Free Stamp, dedicated in 1991, was originally designed to stand upright as if someone had pressed it onto a stamp pad in front of the corporate headquarters. When the location was changed the artists "tossed" the stamp from the corporate headquarters over to City Hall. See how Free Stamp lies on its side. That’s how the artists imagined it landing.

Food for Thought: When designing large-scale sculptures, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen pay careful attention to the places where they will be installed and the people who will see them most. Consider Free Stamp’s location in front of City Hall in Cleveland. Why did the artists choose to write the word "free" in enormous letters on their stamp?

For more Information on Free Stamp see the City of Cleveland Web site at:
http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/around_town/city_
highlights/landmarks/freestamp.html