COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
WMAA.79.83a-b
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Sculpture
Orientation/Arrangement :
Base: As of September 23, 1999, this work can only be exhibited with the artist-made base. Please ignore any existing installation specs or photographs that show this work without the base. See note in object file.
Creator Name:
Oldenburg, Claes
Creator Name:
Oldenburg, Claes
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1929-
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Claes Oldenburg
Title:
Soft Toilet
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1966
Creation Start Date:
1966
Creation End Date:
1966
Materials and Techniques:
Wood, vinyl, kapok, wire, plexiglass on metal stand and painted wood base
Dimensions:
Overall: 57 1/16 x 27 5/8 x 28 1/16 in. (144.94 x 70.17 x 71.28 cm)
Component Measured:
object
Measurement Dimension:
depth
Measurement Dimension:
height
Measurement Dimension:
width
Measurement Value:
144.94
Measurement Value:
70.17
Measurement Value:
71.28
Measurement Unit:
cm
AMICA Contributor:
Whitney Museum of American Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
79.83a-b
Credit Line:
50th Anniversary Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor W. Ganz
Parts and Pieces:
79.83a Sculpture
Parts and Pieces:
79.83b Base
Rights:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image: Copyright Whitney Museum of American Art
Provenance:
Collection of the artist 1966Sidney Janis Gallery, New York 1966Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ganz, NY 1966-1979
Condition:
01/18/1993 ,Satisfactory ,Dusty overall ,
Context - Date:
1966 - 1966
Context - Person:
Ganz Sally
Context - Person:
Ganz Victor W.
Context - Person:
Oldenburg Claes
Exhibition History:
"An American Story"
Exhibition History:
"Views from Abroad" (2b in Frankfurt)
Exhibition History:
Abject Art
Exhibition History:
Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology
Exhibition History:
Duchamp's Leg
Exhibition History:
Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Pollock to Today
Exhibition History:
The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000 (Part II)
Exhibition History:
Zero-G: When Gravity Becomes Form
Related Work Description:
SKETCH OF TOILET FROM OVERHEAD, 1963, Crayon and temperaon paper, 42.5 x 35 cm, location unknownRWG
Related Work Description:
SOFT TOILET #3 - ON CHALK BOARD, 1972, Serigraph, 30 x 22in., Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA
Related Image Identifier Link:
WMAA.01167.tif
Initial Sort:
Oldenburg, Claes
Soft Toilet
