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Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York [undated frame label]. Private collection; sold, Sotheby's, New York, May 9, 1990, lot 343, to a private collection, New York [according to donor records]. Sold by David Nolan Gallery, New York, to Irving Stenn Jr., Chicago, Nov. 19, 2020; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.

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Claes Oldenburg

1969

Accession Number

264772

Medium

Opaque and translucent watercolor and pastel, over graphite, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

45.1 × 30.5 cm (17 13/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Classification

drawing

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Irving Stenn, Jr. Family