A small teddy bear sits on a shoreline with green water washes and loose sketch lines.

Drawings

Proposed Colossal Monument for Central Park North, N.Y.C.—Teddy Bear

1965

Medium
Wax crayon and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 23 15/16 × 19 in. (60.8 × 48.3 cm)
Accession number
2002.22
Acquired
2002
Credit line
Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President in honor of Janie C. Lee
Reproduction credit
© Claes Oldenburg
Department
collection

About this work

Claes Oldenburg, Proposed Colossal Monument for Central Park North, N.Y.C.—Teddy Bear, 1965. Wax crayon and watercolor on paper, sheet: 23 15/16 × 19 in. (60.8 × 48.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President in honor of Janie C. Lee 2002.22. © Claes Oldenburg

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