Claes Oldenburg

Study for Announcement for One-Man Show at Dwan Gallery - Mickey Mouse with Red Heart
1963

A whimsical drawing featuring a stylized character resembling a famous animated mouse with large ears and a top hat, positioned above a large red heart. The artwork has a playful and abstract quality, with visible brush strokes and a signature at the bottom right.

A whimsical drawing featuring a stylized character resembling a famous animated mouse with large ears and a top hat, positioned above a large red heart. The artwork has a playful and abstract quality, with visible brush strokes and a signature at the bottom right.

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Date
1963

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Wax crayon and watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Sight): 16 5/8 × 13 3/4in. (42.2 × 34.9 cm)

Accession number
2002.11

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/13514

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
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