Woman Figure with Medusa Ornaments

Prints and Drawings

1967

Claes Oldenburg
American, born Sweden, 1929-2022

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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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Claes Oldenburg
Title: Woman Figure with Medusa Ornaments
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 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.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Dr. Eugene A. Solow
Reference Number: 1968.38

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