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The image features a stylized slice of pizza with a brown crust. The toppings include red pepperoni slices, black olives, and green pepper strips. The color palette consists of warm browns, reds, greens, and blacks against an off-white backdrop with soft blue swirls. The pizza is slightly tilted with toppings scattered around it, giving a sense of motion.
Claes Oldenburg, Derrière l'Étoile Studios, Pace Editions, Pizza/Palette, 1996, color lithograph on Somerset Velvet wove paper, Gift of Helen and Paul Anbinder, 1998.125.1

Pizza/Palette

Claes Oldenburg, Derrière l'Étoile Studios, Pace Editions · 1996 · color lithograph on Somerset Velvet wove paper ·  Accession ID  1998.125.1

The image shows a collection of soft, elongated vertical shapes converging towards the center on a dark background. The composition might evoke a flowing waterfall or the folds of drapery. Light and dark colors enhance the shapes' presence in the image.
Susan Rothenberg, Maurice Sánchez, James Miller, Derrière l'Étoile Studios, Four Rays, 1980-1983, acidtint lithograph in black on John Koller handmade paper, Joshua P. Smith Collection, 1986.84.6

Four Rays

Susan Rothenberg, Maurice Sánchez, James Miller, Derrière l'Étoile Studios · 1980-1983 · acidtint lithograph in black on John Koller handmade paper ·  Accession ID  1986.84.6

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Soft Saxophone (Black and White)

Claes Oldenburg, Derrière l'Étoile Studios, Brooke Alexander, Inc. · 1992 · color lithograph on Somerset Satin wove paper ·  Accession ID  2008.115.237