id:			163550
accession number:	2004.88.b
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.88.b
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:53.987000

Giant Toothpaste Tube (Cap), 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.b © Claes Thure Oldenburg

title:				Giant Toothpaste Tube (Cap)
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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': '1995-1996 - "Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology" Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art (February 12-May 7,1995) | Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art (June 18-September 3, 1995) | New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (October 7, 1995-Janurary 21, 1996) | Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellunghalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (February 15-May 12, 1996) | London, The Hayward Gallery (June 6-August 19, 1996)', 'opening_date': '1995-06-18T00:00:00'}

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

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

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

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

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

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

* {'description': '1964 - "Exhibition of Recent Work by Claes Oldenburg" New York, Sidney Janis Gallery (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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