Claes Oldenburg

Smoke Studies During the Burning of Chicago
1968

This image features an abstract landscape with a warm-toned sky transitioning from yellow to orange. Dark, silhouette-like shapes resembling landforms or clouds dominate the upper portion of the composition. A flat horizon line separates the sky from a textured foreground that appears to be a dark land or surface. The bottom of the image includes what seems to be a signature or inscription.

This image features an abstract landscape with a warm-toned sky transitioning from yellow to orange. Dark, silhouette-like shapes resembling landforms or clouds dominate the upper portion of the composition. A flat horizon line separates the sky from a textured foreground that appears to be a dark land or surface. The bottom of the image includes what seems to be a signature or inscription.

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Date
1968

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Spray paint, collage, and colored pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
2002.53

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

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