Claes Oldenburg

Soft Pencil Sharpener
1989

A black and white abstract lithograph featuring bold, expressive lines and shapes that suggest a reclining figure amidst a dark, textured background. The artwork is signed and dated in the lower right corner.
A black and white abstract lithograph featuring bold, expressive lines and shapes that suggest a reclining figure amidst a dark, textured background. The artwork is signed and dated in the lower right corner.

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Date
1989

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 31 1/2 × 41in. (80 × 104.1 cm) Image (sight): 31 1/2 × 41in. (80 × 104.1 cm)

Accession number
2016.221

Series
Brooklyn Academy of Music 1988-89 Artists Print Portfolio [also known as B.A.M. II.]

Edition
4/75

Publication
Printed by Derrière l'Étoile Studios; published by Parasol Press, Ltd.; published by Brooklyn Academy of Music

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Susan and Arthur Fleischer

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/55528

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