Claes Oldenburg

Proposed Colossal Monument for Lower East Side - Ironing Board
1965

A sketch on paper featuring abstract and loosely defined shapes that suggest a landscape with a large mushroom cloud or explosion in the center. The drawing is executed in a combination of lines and shading, with some areas left blank. There is handwritten text at the bottom left corner that appears to be a signature or note from the artist, and a date indicating 1963.

A sketch on paper featuring abstract and loosely defined shapes that suggest a landscape with a large mushroom cloud or explosion in the center. The drawing is executed in a combination of lines and shading, with some areas left blank. There is handwritten text at the bottom left corner that appears to be a signature or note from the artist, and a date indicating 1963.

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Date
1965

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Wax crayon and gray wash on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 17 11/16in. (30.3 × 44.9 cm)

Accession number
2002.20

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/13523

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection

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