Claes Oldenburg

Proposed Colossal Monument For Toronto - Drainpipe, View from Lake
1966

A sketch featuring a minimalist landscape with a prominent T-shaped structure on the right, possibly a street lamp or a signpost. The horizon is dotted with faint outlines of buildings and vegetation. Two small crosses are sketched in the sky, suggesting birds or airplanes. The artist's signature is in the lower left corner, and there are some numerical notations on the bottom right. The drawing is executed with loose, expressive lines, conveying a sense of simplicity and openness.

A sketch featuring a minimalist landscape with a prominent T-shaped structure on the right, possibly a street lamp or a signpost. The horizon is dotted with faint outlines of buildings and vegetation. Two small crosses are sketched in the sky, suggesting birds or airplanes. The artist's signature is in the lower left corner, and there are some numerical notations on the bottom right. The drawing is executed with loose, expressive lines, conveying a sense of simplicity and openness.

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Date
1966

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Wax crayon and watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 17 3/4 × 23 3/4in. (45.1 × 60.3 cm)

Accession number
2002.35

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/13546

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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