Claes Oldenburg

Untitled (Punch Bag)

1968

A brown seashell or rock lies on taped yellow lined paper with blue crayon clouds.
A brown seashell or rock lies on taped yellow lined paper with blue crayon clouds.

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Date
1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 11/16 × 15 3/4 in. (57.6 × 40 cm) Image: 16 × 13 in. (40.6 × 33 cm)

Accession number
70.33.1

Edition
60/100 | 15 APs, 5 TPs, 1 PP II, 1 RTP, 3 GELs, 1 C

Publication
Printed by Dan Gualdoni; printed by Paul Drake; published by Gemini G.E.L.

Credit line
Purchase

Rights and reproductions
© Claes Oldenburg

API
artworks/7243

Part of a series:
Notes
12 works

Several notebook sketches show paired leg-shaped building forms, a blue drawing, and "body buildings" handwriting.
A purple and orange crayon sketch of abstract buildings above geometric 3D letter drawings and a city photo.
A flashlight casts a bright beam across scribbled waves below sketches of drums and a dishwasher.
Collage of sketches and notes centered on a war memorial concept, with taped paper.
Large black abstract mouse-like head and colorful scribbles over mixed-media collage with handwritten "afloat, face down."
Several orange sketches of melting ice cream cones with tape, a small photo, and scribbled doodles.
A collage showing graphic maroon shapes, a green field with a crater-like potato chip and handwritten notes.
Abstract black-and-white collage showing stacked cylinder over a kneeling figure and dark organic form below.
Sketches and handwritten notes showing a can sculpture concept for the New Pasadena Museum.
A brown seashell or rock lies on taped yellow lined paper with blue crayon clouds.

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection, 22 exhibitions

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