Claes Oldenburg

Material and Scissors
1963

A minimalist abstract drawing on a beige paper featuring a loose, continuous line that forms a shape resembling a profile of a face with scissors at the top right. There are light blue watercolor washes within the outlined shape. Handwritten text, possibly a signature, is in the lower right corner, and there's a numerical code at the bottom right.
A minimalist abstract drawing on a beige paper featuring a loose, continuous line that forms a shape resembling a profile of a face with scissors at the top right. There are light blue watercolor washes within the outlined shape. Handwritten text, possibly a signature, is in the lower right corner, and there's a numerical code at the bottom right.

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Date
1963

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Ballpoint pen, watercolor, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 8 1/2in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm) Mount (Irregular): 14 1/2 × 13in. (36.8 × 33 cm)

Accession number
99.117

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder Fund for the Acquisition of Master Drawings and the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Claes Oldenburg

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