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Claes Oldenburg
Visualization of a Giant Sculpture in the Form of a Shirt with Tie1963

Not on view
Watercolor and pencil drawing of a large blue shirt lying on its side, with loose washes of cerulean and burnt orange and a small standing figure sketched to the right
Artist or Maker
Claes Oldenburg
Sweden, active United States, 1929-2022
Title
Visualization of a Giant Sculpture in the Form of a Shirt with Tie
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1963
Medium
Watercolor and crayon
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 16 5/8 in. (35.24 × 42.23 cm) Image: 13 7/8 × 16 5/8 in. (35.24 × 42.23 cm)
Credit Line
Michael and Dorothy Blankfort Bequest
Accession Number
AC1999.35.46
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hochdörfer, Achim, and Barbara Schröder. 2012. Claes Oldenburg: the Sixties. Munich: DelMonico/Prestel.
  • Eliel, Carol. John Altoon. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2014.