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Bicycle on Ground, 1959

A rough black pencil sketch shows a bicycle lying on the ground in a grassy outdoor area.
A rough black pencil sketch shows a bicycle lying on the ground in a grassy outdoor area.

Claes Oldenburg, Bicycle on Ground, 1959. Wax crayon on paper, 12 × 17 11/16 in. (30.5 × 44.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Lauder Foundation, Drawing Fund 76.31. © Claes Oldenburg



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