Claes Oldenburg

Notebook Page: Colossal Boots at the End of Navy Pier, Chicago
1967

A sketch on a cream-colored paper featuring a pair of brown boots on the right side with detailed shading and contour lines. The left side shows a simple line drawing of a bird, possibly a swan, with a few lines suggesting water. There is handwritten text at the bottom and a date notation in the top right corner.

A sketch on a cream-colored paper featuring a pair of brown boots on the right side with detailed shading and contour lines. The left side shows a simple line drawing of a bird, possibly a swan, with a few lines suggesting water. There is handwritten text at the bottom and a date notation in the top right corner.

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Date
1967

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Ballpoint pen, fiber-tipped pen, and collage on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 1/2in. (27.8 × 21.6 cm)

Accession number
2002.38

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/13549

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection

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