Lipstick

Artist Claes Oldenburg (American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022)

Date1972

MediumColor lithograph

DimensionsSheet: 30 x 23 1/4 inches (76.2 x 59.06 cm)
Framed: 32 1/4 x 25 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches (81.92 x 65.41 x 4.45 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of Richard and Nancy Barohn, Jonathan Tomes, Richard Coleman, Lori Roop and Michael Sims

Object number2013.1

InscribedOn sheet underneath image: Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Track

Edition/State/Proof55/100

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DescriptionThis vertical-format, color lithograph consists of a soft cream-colored, rectangular background printed on white paper. Upon this is printed a precise, mechanical, scale profile drawing of a tube of lipstick set upon a platform resting upon caterpillar tracks. A pump lever and air hose are attached to this structure at viewer right. The caterpillar section is overlaid with a scale grid. Beneath the structure is the title of the work of art, printed in block capital letters. The caterpillar section is tan, the platform and pump are gray, the lipstick tube is a soft golden color, and the lipstick protruding from the tube is orange.

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