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Baked Potato, Thrown in Corner, under Light Bulb, 1965

A brown potato with a yellow and white center sits on a surface, with handwritten text below and above.
A brown potato with a yellow and white center sits on a surface, with handwritten text below and above.

Claes Oldenburg, Baked Potato, Thrown in Corner, under Light Bulb, 1965. Wax crayon and transparent and opaque watercolor on paper, 18 × 12in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.18. © Claes Oldenburg



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