Art, literature & historyWoman Figure with Medusa Ornaments
1967
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Graphite with smudging on ivory wove paper, laid down on Bristol board
- Dimensions
- 76.2 × 56.8 cm (30 × 22 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1968.38
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Woman Figure with Medusa Ornaments — Claes Oldenburg. 1967.
Medium: Graphite with smudging on ivory wove paper, laid down on Bristol board. Dimensions: 76.2 × 56.8 cm (30 × 22 3/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Renowned for sculptures depicting absurdly large, displaced, and decontextualized everyday objects—such as Chicago’s Batcolumn (installed at 600 West Madison Street), Oldenburg earned his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1954. Radically different from his iconic sculptures in subject matter, this drawing showcases the artist’s considerable graphic skills and powers of invention.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.