Salinas, California: Hat in Three Stages of Landing
Three large yellow cowboy hats on poles, "Hat in Three Stages of Landing," stand in a park and have a vague connection to the local rodeo. 1978 sculpture by Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022).
- Address:
- 920 N. Main St., Salinas, CA
- Directions:
- North of Bernal Drive in Sherwood Park.
- Admission:
- Free
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They are currently being reprinted and refurbished. Will be back in about a year as per the parks community center.
[Stephanie, 07/08/2013]
Three big hats stand just outside the north end of the Community Center next to Sherwood Park and the California Rodeo (Salinas Sports Complex).
[David Kamada, 10/02/2010]Officially titled "Hat in three stages of landing," the artwork was built by Claes Oldenburg in 1982. It's meant to depict a single hat tossed from a rodeo cowboy as it floats to the ground. Oldenburg perforated the hats to make them look like salad colanders, a nod to Salinas' claim to be Salad Bowl of the World.
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The hats returned, good as new, on November 23, 2013. May 2015: Photo added.