id:			163548
accession number:	2004.88
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.88
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:53.976000

Giant Toothpaste Tube, 1964. Claes Thure Oldenburg (American, 1929–2022). Vinyl over canvas filled with kapok; wood, metal and cast plastic; overall: 64.8 x 167.6 x 43.2 cm (25 1/2 x 66 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2004.88 © Claes Thure Oldenburg

title:				Giant Toothpaste Tube
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creation date:			1964
creation date earliest:		1964
creation date latest:		1964
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			© Claes Thure Oldenburg

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	vinyl over canvas filled with kapok; wood, metal and cast plastic
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Claes Thure Oldenburg (American, 1929–2022)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 64.8 x 167.6 x 43.2 cm (25 1/2 x 66 x 17 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology</em>. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (February 12-May 7,1995); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (June 18-September 3, 1995); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (October 7, 1995-January 21, 1996); Kunst-und Ausstellunghalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (February 15-May 12, 1996); The Hayward Gallery London, (June 6-August 19, 1996).', 'opening_date': '1995-06-18T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>The Pop Art Show</em>. Royal Academy of Art, London (September 13-December 16, 1991); Museum Ludwig, Cologne (January 22-April 21, 1992); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (June 16-September 24, 1992); Musée des beaux-arts, Montréal (October 22, 1992-January 24, 1993).', 'opening_date': '1991-09-13T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Claes Oldenburg: Object into Monument</em>. Pasadena Art Museum (December 7, 1971-February 6, 1972); University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (February 28-April 9, 1972); Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines (September 18-October 29, 1972), The Art Institute of Chicago (January 20-February 25, 1973).', 'opening_date': '1972-02-28T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Oldenburg. </em>The Tate Gallery, London (June 24-August 16, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-06-24T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Claes Oldenburg</em>. Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam (January 16-March 15, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-01-16T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Claes Oldenburg</em>. Museum of Modern Art, New York (September 25-November 23, 1969).', 'opening_date': '1969-09-25T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Robert Fraser Gallery, London (1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Exhibition of Recent Work by Claes Oldenburg</em>. Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (April 7-May 2, 1964)', 'opening_date': '1964-04-07T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	The Artist; Sydney Janis Gallery, New York; Alan Power, London; Private Collection, London; Richard Lane, New York (acquired from Didier Imbert Fine Art, Paris 1989); Private Collection, USA (acquired from James Mayor Gallery, London 1992).
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CITATIONS

	Olszewski, Edward J. <em>Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen, Cleveland's Free Stamp</em>. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2017. p. 66
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 66, fig. 33
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	Foster, Hal. <em>Brutal Aesthetics: Dubuffet, Bataille, Jorn, Paolozzi, Oldenburg.</em> Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 230-231, fig. 5.35
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