Claes Oldenburg

Giant Fireplug Sited in the Civic Center, Chicago
1968

An abstract artwork featuring a central red blotch with black outlines on a background of earthy tones and scribbled text-like marks. The composition suggests a mix of painting and drawing techniques, with dynamic lines and smudges creating a sense of movement and texture.

An abstract artwork featuring a central red blotch with black outlines on a background of earthy tones and scribbled text-like marks. The composition suggests a mix of painting and drawing techniques, with dynamic lines and smudges creating a sense of movement and texture.

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Date
1968

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor, wax crayon, and ballpoint pen on paper

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

Accession number
2002.48

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/13559

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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