Claes Oldenburg

Baked Potato, Thrown in Corner, under Light Bulb
1965

An artwork featuring a rough, brownish object with white and blue highlights in the center, resembling a rock or mineral, with a shadow cast to the right. Above the object, there's a smudged yellow circle with a signature across it. The background is an aged, yellowed paper with handwritten text at the bottom.

An artwork featuring a rough, brownish object with white and blue highlights in the center, resembling a rock or mineral, with a shadow cast to the right. Above the object, there's a smudged yellow circle with a signature across it. The background is an aged, yellowed paper with handwritten text at the bottom.

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Date
1965

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Crayon and transparent and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 18 × 12in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm)

Accession number
2002.18

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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