Claes Oldenburg

Study for a Soft Toilet
1965

Sketch of a stylized, abstract figure with exaggerated features, drawn in pencil with light shading and contouring, on a cream-colored paper. The figure appears to be a character with a large, elongated nose and a prominent chin, wearing a hat. The drawing is signed and dated at the bottom right.

Sketch of a stylized, abstract figure with exaggerated features, drawn in pencil with light shading and contouring, on a cream-colored paper. The figure appears to be a character with a large, elongated nose and a prominent chin, wearing a hat. The drawing is signed and dated at the bottom right.

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Date
1965

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Wax crayon and watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 11/16 × 9in. (29.7 × 22.9 cm)

Accession number
2002.29

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/13540

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room

May 7–Sept 6, 2009
Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
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