Claes Oldenburg

Proposal for a Cathedral in the Form of a Colossal Faucet, Lake Union, Seattle
1972

Watercolor painting depicting an abstract structure resembling a three-bladed structure or monument, rendered in shades of green and blue with loose, expressive brushstrokes. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom, suggesting it's a conceptual sketch or artistic study.

Watercolor painting depicting an abstract structure resembling a three-bladed structure or monument, rendered in shades of green and blue with loose, expressive brushstrokes. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom, suggesting it's a conceptual sketch or artistic study.

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Date
1972

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor, graphite pencil, colored pencil and wax crayon on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 × 22 7/8in. (73.7 × 58.1 cm)

Accession number
80.35

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Knoll International, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© Claes Oldenburg

API
artworks/347

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection

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