Claes Oldenburg is an artist who was born in 1929 in Sweden. He is famously known for sculpting materials into every day objects, whether it be food or toiletry items. One of his biggest sculptures the Clothespin, is located at Centre Square in Market Street, Philadelphia. Although it was originally designed to appear as a large black clothespin, it presents as more of a warm reddish-brown, with a velvety texture. Uniquely, the "springs" of the clothespin resembles the numeral 76 to represent the United States Bicentennial year. The Clothespin represents the city's civic issues and income differences.