Claes Oldenburg

The Airflow - Top and Bottom, Front, Back and Sides, To be Folded into a Box (Study for Cover of Art News)
1965 mounted and resigned 1972

A collage featuring various blue-toned prints of vintage cars on a grid, with sections of the images on separate pieces of paper, creating a fragmented and abstract representation of the automobiles. The artwork is signed at the bottom right corner.
A collage featuring various blue-toned prints of vintage cars on a grid, with sections of the images on separate pieces of paper, creating a fragmented and abstract representation of the automobiles. The artwork is signed at the bottom right corner.

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Date
1965 mounted and resigned 1972

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Collage

Dimensions
Sheet (irregular): 17 1/16 × 18 1/4in. (43.3 × 46.4 cm) Mount (board): 25 7/8 × 23 1/4 × 1/16in. (65.7 × 59.1 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
2002.30

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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