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Study for a Soft Toilet, 1965

Simple pencil sketch of a toilet with the lid open, drawn with loose, quick lines.
Simple pencil sketch of a toilet with the lid open, drawn with loose, quick lines.

Claes Oldenburg, Study for a Soft Toilet, 1965. Wax crayon and crayon wash on paper, 11 11/16 × 9 in. (29.7 × 22.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.29. © Claes Oldenburg



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