Abandoned Prototype of Soft Catsup Bottle
Claes Thure Oldenburg, American, 1929 - 2022
about 1965
Fiber covered with Latex and Kapok
Overall: 9 1/16 × 3 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (23 × 8.6 × 6.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
© Claes Oldenburg
GM.978.210
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Fluxus
Research Area
Fluxus
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 89.05, Art History: Theory and Method, Elizabeth Kassler-Taub, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
A Tribute to George Maciunas (1931-1978), Beaumont-May Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 22, 1978-January 14, 1979.
Acquisitions 1974-1978, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 8, 1978- January 21, 1979.
Publication History
Claes Oldenburg: Multiples in Retrospect, 1964-1990, New York: Rizzoli, 1991, ill. p. 29
Acquisitions 1974-1978, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1979, p. 85.
Provenance
1978 given to the George Maciunas Memorial Collection by the artist.
Catalogue Raisonne
T. Lawson, Claes Oldenburg, Multiples in Retrospect, 1964-1990, New York, 1991, p. 29.
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