Claes Oldenburg

Silver Torso with Brown Underwear
1961

An abstract artwork featuring a collage of various materials with a dominant use of black and brown tones. The background consists of newspaper clippings overlaid with large, dark ink or paint smears that create a heavy, dripping effect. Pieces of torn white paper are also incorporated into the composition, adding contrast to the dark hues. The edges of the canvas are rough, with some areas where the underlying yellowish material is visible.

An abstract artwork featuring a collage of various materials with a dominant use of black and brown tones. The background consists of newspaper clippings overlaid with large, dark ink or paint smears that create a heavy, dripping effect. Pieces of torn white paper are also incorporated into the composition, adding contrast to the dark hues. The edges of the canvas are rough, with some areas where the underlying yellowish material is visible.

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Date
1961

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Enamel on collaged newspaper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 22 3/8 × 15 3/4in. (56.8 × 40 cm)

Accession number
2002.6

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/13509

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room

May 7–Sept 6, 2009
Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection

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