Claes Oldenburg

Study for the Poster, New Media - New Forms, Martha Jackson Gallery
1960

An artwork featuring a piece of newspaper with text in reverse, overlaid with black ink splatters and streaks that create an abstract pattern. The newspaper is torn and placed against a white background, giving the impression of a fragmented story amidst a chaotic, ink-stained scene.

An artwork featuring a piece of newspaper with text in reverse, overlaid with black ink splatters and streaks that create an abstract pattern. The newspaper is torn and placed against a white background, giving the impression of a fragmented story amidst a chaotic, ink-stained scene.

Not on view

Date
1960

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Brush and ink, watercolor, wax crayon, graphite pencil, and collage on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 15/16in. (34.3 × 25.2 cm)

Accession number
99.52.1

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Claes Oldenburg

API
artworks/12154

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection

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