Claes Oldenburg

Bicycle on Ground
1959

A charcoal sketch on paper with abstract and loosely defined shapes that suggest a landscape with vegetation and possibly water reflections. The drawing is expressive with dynamic lines and marks.

A charcoal sketch on paper with abstract and loosely defined shapes that suggest a landscape with vegetation and possibly water reflections. The drawing is expressive with dynamic lines and marks.

Not on view

Date
1959

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Wax crayon on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 × 17 11/16in. (30.5 × 44.9 cm)

Accession number
76.31

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Lauder Foundation, Drawing Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Claes Oldenburg

API
artworks/725

Exhibitions

Claes Oldenburg: Drawings, 1959–1977

June 6–Sept 15, 2002

Claes Oldenburg
123 works in the collection

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