

BE THEREClaes OldenburgAmerican [Born Sweden] (83 years old, born 1929)CLAES OLDENBURG From Light Time and Three Dimensions The Pace Gallery Leaning Fork with Meatball and Spaghetti II COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN CLAES OLDENBURG From Leaning Clarinet La Biblioteca Nacional de España Leaning Clarinet CLAES OLDENBURG COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN From Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room Whitney Museum of American Art Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Soft Viola Island, 2001. Charcoal and pastel on paper. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Robert J. Hurst and The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc. © Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
CLAES OLDENBURG Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day Auction New York, May 13, 2010 Lot: 264 Leaning Fork With Meatball and... signed with the artist's initials and dated '93 pastel, watercolor and graphite on paper 39 7/8 by 30 1/4 in. 101.3 by 76.8 cm. CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $95,000 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 12, 2010 Lot: 103 Soft Typewriter in Red (1974) charcoal, watercolor and crayon on paper 14 x 20 in. (35.5 x 50.8 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $68,000 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 12, 2010 Lot: 104 Two Fagends Together (1972) crayon and chalk on paper 29 x 23 in. (73.6 x 58.4 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $75,000 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 12, 2010 Lot: 105 Sculpture in the Form of Three... (1972) charcoal, graphite, wax crayon and watercolor on paper 17 3/8 x 21 in. (44.1 x 53.3 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $55,000 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 12, 2010 Lot: 106 Hanging Three-Way Plug (1973) crayon and watercolor on paper 14½ x 23 in. (36.8 x 58.4 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $75,000 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 12, 2010 Lot: 118 Inverted Q (1976) cast resin and paint 18 x 18 x 13 in. (45.8 x 45.8 x 33 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $50,000 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 12, 2010 Lot: 122 Tomb Design, for Marilyn Monro... (1975) crayon, graphite and watercolor on paper 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $170,000 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 12, 2010 Lot: 123 Proposed Colossal Monument for... (1965) crayon and watercolor on paper 16½ x 14 in. (41.9 x 35.5 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $125,000 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 12, 2010 Lot: 173 Two Bats (1968) wood, linen, foam rubber and imitation horsehair, in two parts each: 110 in. (279.4 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $110,000 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 12, 2010 Lot: 175 Pancakes and Sausages (1962) sculpture--nine elements: painted canvas and china plate overall: 11 x 11 x 4 in. (27.9 x 27.9 x 10.1 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $240,000 Christie's Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 11, 2010 Lot: 25 Three-Way Plug, Scale C, Soft (1970) acrylic and graphite on sewn canvas with zipper, string and lead; with artist's base: acrylic and graphite on canvas laid down on panel, with Plexiglas vitrine overall dimensions: 40¼ x 25 x 24¾ in. (102.2 x 63.5 x 62.9 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $800,000 Christie's Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton New York, May 11, 2010 Lot: 30 Alphabet/Good Humor Edition Mo... (1975) polyurethane paint on cast resin with bronze 35½ x 20 x 11 1/8 in. (90.2 x 50.8 x 28.3 cm.)
CLAES OLDENBURG Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale New York, May 11, 2010 Lot: 58 Soft Pay-Telephone (Ghost Vers... (1963) acrylic, graphite, sewn muslin stuffed with kapok laid down on board 49 x 22 x 8 in. (124.5 x 55.9 x 20.3 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: £5,500 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art London, March 25, 2010 Lot: 100 Miniature Soft Drum Set (1969) with artist's monogrammed and numbered 'CO 65/200' (on the base drum) canvas, washline, wood, cardboard, spray enamel and graphite 10 x 19 x 14in. (254 x 48.3 x 35.6cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $35,000 Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day Auction New York, November 12, 2009 Lot: 135 Soft Inverted Q – Black, Proof... Executed in 1975, this work is from an edition of 12 plus 1 artist's proof. cast synthetic rubber 18 by 17 by 10 in. 45.7 by 43.2 by 48.3 cm. CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $35,000 Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day Auction New York, November 12, 2009 Lot: 136 Feasible Monument In The Form ... watercolor, crayon and chalk on paper 13 3/4 by 11 in. 34.9 by 27.9 cm. CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $320,000 Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day Auction New York, November 12, 2009 Lot: 137 Typewriter Eraser Executed in 1977, this work is from an edition of 18 plus 5 artist's proofs. Ferrocement, aluminum painted with acrylic, and stainless steel 33 by 30 by 27 in. 83.8 by 76.2 by 68.5 cm.
CLAES OLDENBURG Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day Auction New York, November 12, 2009 Lot: 138 Perfume Bottle, Yellow muslin, wood, clothesline, Dacron, resin and latex paint on a painted aluminum base Overall: 15 1/8 by 41 1/4 by 8 1/8 in. 38.4 by 104.8 by 20.6 cm. CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $7,500 Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day Auction New York, November 12, 2009 Lot: 139 Soft Inverted Q – Plaster Stud... Executed in 1973. Painted plaster 5 by 7 by 5 1/2 in. 12.7 by 17.8 by 14 cm. CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $65,000 Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day Auction New York, November 12, 2009 Lot: 140 Fagend Study Conceived in 1968 and cast in 1976, this work is number 1 from an edition of 24. painted cast aluminum 10 by 18 1/2 by 6 in. 25.4 by 47 by 15.2 cm. CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $50,000 Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Morning Session New York, November 11, 2009 Lot: 145 Study for a Sculpture in the F... (1973) spray enamel, shellac and graphite on cardboard 17½ x 10 x 10 in. (44.5 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm.)
CLAES OLDENBURG Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Evening London, June 30, 2009 Lot: 9 Popsicle, Hamburger, Price (1961) sailcloth, foam rubber and enamel 41 x 16 x 11in. (104.2 x 40.7 x 28cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $10,000 Phillips De Pury Contemporary Art Part II New York, May 15, 2009 Lot: 211 Tilting Neon Cocktail Stainless steel, plastic and painted wood with acrylic glass base. 18 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 7 in. (47.6 x 15.9 x 17.8 cm).
CLAES OLDENBURG Christie's Post-War And Contemporary Art Morning New York, May 14, 2009 Lot: 124 Study for a Rotten Apple Core,... (1987) canvas, polyurethane resin, latex and sand 24 x 16 x 16 in. (60.9 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm.) CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $1,900,000 Christie's Post-War And Contemporary Art Evening Sale New York, May 13, 2009 Lot: 10 Typewriter Eraser (1976) painted aluminum, stainless steel, ferroconcrete and bronze 89½ x 80 x 70 in. (227.3 x 203.2 x 177.8 cm.) Galleries showing Claes OldenburgGroup Shows with Claes Oldenburg
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