Three rough charcoal tree trunks and cloud-like shapes sketched across the page.

Drawings

Study for a Memorial to Clarence Darrow in the Lagoon of Jackson Park, Chicago: Rising Typewriter—Showing Stages

1967

Medium
Wax crayon and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 16 3/4 in. (35.4 × 42.5 cm)
Accession number
2002.37
Acquired
2002
Credit line
Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President
Reproduction credit
© Claes Oldenburg
Department
collection

About this work

Claes Oldenburg, Study for a Memorial to Clarence Darrow in the Lagoon of Jackson Park, Chicago: Rising Typewriter—Showing Stages, 1967. Wax crayon and watercolor on paper, sheet: 13 15/16 × 16 3/4 in. (35.4 × 42.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.37. © Claes Oldenburg

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