Claes Oldenburg

Sketch for a Soft Sculpture in the Form of a Cake Wedge - Woman for Scale
1962

A sketch on paper featuring abstract forms with a figure on the left side and a large, undefined shape dominating the center. The artwork uses a limited palette of browns, blacks, and grays, with some areas left untouched, revealing the paper's texture. The style is loose and expressive, with visible charcoal or pencil strokes. There's handwriting at the top and a date at the bottom, suggesting the piece may be signed or dated by the artist.

A sketch on paper featuring abstract forms with a figure on the left side and a large, undefined shape dominating the center. The artwork uses a limited palette of browns, blacks, and grays, with some areas left untouched, revealing the paper's texture. The style is loose and expressive, with visible charcoal or pencil strokes. There's handwriting at the top and a date at the bottom, suggesting the piece may be signed or dated by the artist.

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Date
1962

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Wax crayon and watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 13 11/16in. (27.9 × 34.8 cm)

Accession number
2002.9

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/13512

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection

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