Claes Oldenburg

Proposal for a Skyscraper in the Form of a Basketball Backstop with Ball in Net
1967

An abstract drawing featuring two prominent vertical forms that resemble traffic lights, one with a black shape on top and the other with a red shape with crisscrossing lines. The background is a wash of pale blue and white, and the artwork is signed at the bottom right. The paper appears aged with some discoloration around the edges.

An abstract drawing featuring two prominent vertical forms that resemble traffic lights, one with a black shape on top and the other with a red shape with crisscrossing lines. The background is a wash of pale blue and white, and the artwork is signed at the bottom right. The paper appears aged with some discoloration around the edges.

Not on view

Date
1967

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Wax crayon, crayon wash and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/8in. (24.8 × 18.1 cm)

Accession number
2002.40

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/13551

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection

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