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Ketchup, Thick and Thin—from a N.Y.C. Billboard, 1965

Abstract painting of two red streams resembling ketchup bottles, with the word “Ketchup” written in the bottom right corner.
Abstract painting of two red streams resembling ketchup bottles, with the word “Ketchup” written in the bottom right corner.

Claes Oldenburg, Ketchup, Thick and Thin—from a N.Y.C. Billboard, 1965. Fabricated chalk and watercolor on paper, 17 1/4 × 11 3/4in. (43.8 × 29.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.21. © Claes Oldenburg



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