Soft Drainpipe - Red (Hot) Version, 1967

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Medium

vinyl lined with canvas, filled with expanded polystyrene chips, on painted metal stand

Dimensions

overall (drainpipe): 304.8 x 152.4 x 114.3 cm (120 x 60 x 45 in.)
overall (stand, height): 243.9 cm (96 in.)

Credit Line

Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.75.1

Artists / Makers

Claes Oldenburg (artist) American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022

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Provenance

(Sidney Janis Gallery, New York); Mr. and Mrs. Roger Davidson, Toronto. (sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21 October 1976, no. 217). Purchased 1979 through (Leo Castelli Gallery, New York) by Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, Phoenix, Maryland;[1] gift (partial and promised) October 1990 to NGA; gift completed December 1990.

[1] Provenance from The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection 1945 to 1995, Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996: 253.

Associated Names

Janis Gallery, Sidney
Meyerhoff, Robert E.
Sotheby's

Exhibition History

1967: An Exhibition of New Work by Claes Oldenburg, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1967, no. 2, repro.

1969: Claes Oldenburg, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1969, no. 108, repro.

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 430-431, color repro.

1995: Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology, Natl. Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Mus. of Contemporary Art, L.A.; Guggenheim Mus., N.Y.; Kunst- und Austellungshalle..., Bonn; Hayward Gallery, London, 1995-1996, no. 163, repro. (shown only in first 3 venues).

1996: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996, no. 127, color repro.

2009: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2009-2010, pl. 77.

Bibliography

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 165, repro.

1995: Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Temporary Contemporary, Los Angeles; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepub, 1995: no. 163.

1996: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996: no. 127.