About the Artwork
Sketch of a Three-Way Plug
1965
Claes Oldenburg
1929 - 2022
American
Unknown
Crayon and oil wash
Sheet: 30 1/2 × 23 inches (77.5 × 58.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Richard A. Manoogian
1994.106
Contact: Maartje Oldenburg
Markings
Signed and dated, lower left: C.O. '65
Inscribed, lower right: Plug.
Provenance
Richard A. Manoogian
1994-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Contact: Maartje Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg, Sketch of a Three-Way Plug, 1965, crayon and oil wash. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Richard A. Manoogian, 1994.106.
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