Claes Oldenburg

A Toilet
1964

Sketch of a stylized figure with exaggerated facial features, predominantly in pencil with red accents, on a cream-colored background. The figure appears to be in profile with a prominent nose and chin, and there are handwritten inscriptions at the bottom left and right corners of the paper.
Sketch of a stylized figure with exaggerated facial features, predominantly in pencil with red accents, on a cream-colored background. The figure appears to be in profile with a prominent nose and chin, and there are handwritten inscriptions at the bottom left and right corners of the paper.

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Date
1964

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil, colored pencil and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 3/4 × 23 3/8in. (45.1 × 59.4 cm)

Accession number
2002.15

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

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Claes Oldenburg
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