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Soft Toaster

Artist/Maker (American, born in Sweden, 1929–2022)
Date1964
MediumVinyl, kapok, cloth, and paint on wood
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 15 × 10 in. (50.8 × 38.1 × 25.4 cm)
Base: 3 × 18 × 14 in. (7.6 × 45.7 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineEllen H. Johnson Bequest
Object number1998.7.99
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Estate of Claes OldenburgExhibition History
Exhibition of Recent Work by Claes Oldenburg (Home Theme)
  • Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (April 7, 1964 - May 2, 1964 )
Niewe Realisten
  • Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands (June 24, 1964 - August 30, 1964 )
Claes Oldenburg: Skulpturen och teckningar
  • Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (September 17, 1966 - October 30, 1966 )
Claes Oldenburg
  • Robert Fraser Gallery, London (November 22, 1966 - December 31, 1966 )
Oberlin Alumni Collect
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 18, 1967 - June 14, 1967 )
First India Triennale of Contemporary World Art, The American Collection
  • National Gallery of Modern Art, Jaipur House, New Delhi, India (February 11, 1968 - March 31, 1968 )
First Triennale–India 1968
  • Lalit Kala Gallery, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India (February 11, 1968 - March 31, 1968 )
Claes Oldenburg
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York (September 25, 1969 - November 23, 1969 )
American Pop Art and Culture in the Sixties
  • New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (January 9, 1976 - February 28, 1976 )
The Living Object: The Art Collection of Ellen H. Johnson
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 6, 1992 - June 14, 1992 )
25 Years: A Retrospective
  • Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH (September 10, 1993 - November 7, 1993 )
Pop Art: US/UK Connections 1956-66
  • The Menil Collection, Houston, TX (January 26, 2001 - May 13, 2001 )
New Frontiers: American Art Since 1945
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 29, 2006 - December 23, 2006 )
Modern and Contemporary Realisms
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 6, 2013 - June 22, 2014 )
This Is Your Art: The Legacy of Ellen Johnson
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 1, 2017 - May 27, 2018 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary