New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "An American Choice: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection," May 21–September 27, 1981, unnumbered cat. (p. 51).
Sydney. Art Gallery of New South Wales. "Pop Art, 1955–70," February 27–April 14, 1985, unnumbered cat. (p. 74).
Brisbane. Queensland Art Gallery. "Pop Art, 1955–70," May 1–June 2, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Melbourne. National Gallery of Victoria. "Pop Art, 1955–70," June 26–August 11, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Berlin. Martin-Gropius-Bau. "Amerikanische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert: Malerei und Plastik; 1913–1993," May 8–July 25, 1993, no. 170.
London. Royal Academy of Arts. "American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture 1913–1993," September 16–December 12, 1993, no. 170.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 17, 2007–February 3, 2008, extended to March 2, 2008, no. 62.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store," April 14–August 5, 2013 (checklist no. 122).
Jewish Museum, New York. "New York: 1962–1964," July 22, 2022–January 8, 2023, not in catalogue.
Sidney Tillim. "New York Exhibitions: Month in Review." Arts Magazine 37 (November 1962), ill. p. 37 (installation photo of Exh. New York 1962).
Lucy R. Lippard, ed. Pop Art. New York, 1966, fig. 85 (installation photo of Exh. New York 1962).
Hilton Kramer. "Modernist Show Moves Met Firmly into Art of 20th Century." New York Times (May 22, 1981), p. C21.
William Agee. "Muriel Kallis Newman–Life Among the Moderns." Architectural Digest 43 (December 1986), p. 70.
Coosje van Bruggen. Claes Oldenburg: Nür ein anderer Raum. Exh. cat., Museum für Moderne Kunst. Frankfurt, 1991, fig. 87 (installation photo of Exh. New York 1962).
Germano Celant, Dieter Koepplin, Marla Prather, and Mark Rosenthal, ed. Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology. Exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, 1995, figs. 75 (installation photo of Exh. New York 1962), 87.
Marla Prather inAbstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ed. Gary Tinterow, Lisa Mintz Messinger, and Nan Rosenthal. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2007, pp. 200–203, no. 62, ill. (color).
Roberta Smith. "A Collector's Keen Eye for Modernists." New York Times (September 21, 2007), p. E36.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York, 2012, p. 425, ill. (color).
Mildred L. Glimcher. Happenings: New York, 1958–1963. New York, 2012, pp. 263–64, ill. pp. 276, 276 (color, installation photo Exh. New York 1962), discusses Oldenburg's performance piece "Sports," presented during Exh. New York 1962.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York, 2019, p. 425, ill. (color).
Holland Cotter. "In a Manic Era, a Shift in Culture." New York Times (July 22, 2022), ill. p. C8 (color, installation photo New York 2022–23).
Claes Oldenburg (American (born Sweden), Stockholm 1929–2022 New York)
1967
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