Claes Oldenburg
American, born Sweden, 1929-2022
Woman Figure with Medusa Ornaments
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Claes Oldenburg
American, born Sweden, 1929-20221967
Woman Figure with Medusa Ornaments
Claes Oldenburg American, born Sweden, 1929-2022 →Pop Artgraphitedrawings (visual works)
Date
1967
Medium
Graphite with smudging on ivory wove paper, laid down on Bristol board
Dimensions
76.2 × 56.8 cm (30 × 22 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Dr. Eugene A. Solow
Renowned for sculptures depicting absurdly large, displaced, and decontextualized everyday objects—such as Chicago’s Batcolumn (installed at 600 West Madison Street), Oldenburg earned his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1954. Radically different from his iconic sculptures in subject matter, this drawing showcases the artist’s considerable graphic skills and powers of invention.
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