Claes Oldenburg

Sex Act
1961

This is an abstract watercolor painting featuring a blend of warm and cool tones with prominent yellow and orange hues. The brushstrokes and lines suggest the form of a reclining figure amidst a dynamic and somewhat chaotic background. The artwork is dated at the bottom right corner.

This is an abstract watercolor painting featuring a blend of warm and cool tones with prominent yellow and orange hues. The brushstrokes and lines suggest the form of a reclining figure amidst a dynamic and somewhat chaotic background. The artwork is dated at the bottom right corner.

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Date
1961

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Wax crayon and watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 10 13/16in. (21.3 × 27.5 cm)

Accession number
2002.5

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

Rights and reproductions
© Claes Oldenburg

API
artworks/13508

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection

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