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Various Positions of Giant Lipstick to Replace the Fountain of Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1966

Five red lipsticks drawn in a row, each increasing in size, with numbers 1 to 5 written below.
Five red lipsticks drawn in a row, each increasing in size, with numbers 1 to 5 written below.

Claes Oldenburg, Various Positions of Giant Lipstick to Replace the Fountain of Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1966. Crayon and watercolor on paper, 15 × 22in. (38.1 × 55.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.36. © Claes Oldenburg



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