Claes Oldenburg

"Capric" - Adapted to a Monument for a Park
1966

A whimsical drawing featuring a large mushroom with a red cap and a human-like form underneath, standing on a brown pedestal. The background includes green, abstractly drawn trees and a small figure seated on a bench. The artwork has a playful, sketch-like quality with loose lines and watercolor elements.

A whimsical drawing featuring a large mushroom with a red cap and a human-like form underneath, standing on a brown pedestal. The background includes green, abstractly drawn trees and a small figure seated on a bench. The artwork has a playful, sketch-like quality with loose lines and watercolor elements.

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Date
1966

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Crayon and watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 22 1/16 × 29 3/4in. (56 × 75.6 cm)

Accession number
2002.32

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/13543

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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