Claes Oldenburg

Proposal for a Monument in a London Park in the Form of an Electric Shaver, with Cord
1966

A whimsical watercolor and ink illustration featuring a seal-like creature with large, expressive eyes, resting on top of a box. The creature's flipper is playfully wrapped around a plug, suggesting a connection to the box. Abstract shapes and lines in soft colors form a minimalistic background, with a hint of an orange balloon-like object in the upper left corner. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom left of the artwork.

A whimsical watercolor and ink illustration featuring a seal-like creature with large, expressive eyes, resting on top of a box. The creature's flipper is playfully wrapped around a plug, suggesting a connection to the box. Abstract shapes and lines in soft colors form a minimalistic background, with a hint of an orange balloon-like object in the upper left corner. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom left of the artwork.

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Date
1966

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Wax crayon and watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 × 15in. (55.9 × 38.1 cm)

Accession number
2002.33

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/13544

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection

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