Claes Oldenburg

American [Born Sweden] (80 years old, born 1929)
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
From Light Time and Three Dimensions
PaceWildenstein

Leaning Fork with Meatball and Spaghetti II
Artwork
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
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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). 
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG


Christie's Post-War And Contemporary Art Evening Sale
New York, May 13, 2009
Lot: 20

Two Bats (1968)
wood, linen, foam rubber and imitation horsehair, in two parts
each: 110 in. (279.4 cm.)
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $26,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day
New York, May 13, 2009
Lot: 180

Bread (Study For An Unattached...

19 5/8 by 14 7/8 in. 49.8 by 37.8 cm.
charcoal, pastel and watercolor on paper
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG


Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day
New York, May 13, 2009
Lot: 214

Soft Screw (1975)
47 by 14 by 14 in. 119.5 by 35.6 by 35.6 cm.
cast elastomeric polyurethane and lacquered mahogany base
This work is registered under Gemini G.E.L.'s number CO74-2037.
EXHIBITED
Ridgefield, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Selections from a Private Collection, June - October 1989
Katonah Museum of Art, Behind Closed Doors, May - July 2004
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
Rudolf Herman Fuchs, Claes Oldenburg: Large-Scale Projects 1977-1980, New York, 1980, p. 46, illustrated
Ruth E. Fine, Gemini G. E. L. Art and Collaboration, Washington D.C., 1984, cat. no. 38.34, p. 70
Exh. Cat., Sunderland, Northern Center for Contemporary Art (and travelling), 1988, p. 133, illustrated
"Family in the Area Exhibits," The New York Times, July 14, 1989, illustrated
Anthony Calnek, Contemporanea, Summer 1989, p. 53, illustrated (installation view)
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $310,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening
New York, May 12, 2009
Lot: 21

Typewriter Eraser

33 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. 85.1 x 80 x 62.2 cm.
Ferrocement, acrylic paint, aluminum and stainless steel
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $6,000

Christie's First Open Post-War And Contemporary Art
New York, March 11, 2009
Lot: 86

Bone Study (1974)
acrylic on plaster
4½ x 6 x 4½ in. (11.4 x 15.2 x 11.4 cm.)
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG


Christie's First Open Post-War And Contemporary Art
New York, March 11, 2009
Lot: 87

Swiss Army Knife Box Maquette

painted wood
8¾ x 5¾ x 2¼ in. (22.2 x 14.5 x 5.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1980-1989.
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG


Christie's Post-War And Contemporary Art Morning
New York, November 13, 2008
Lot: 121

Good Humor Bar on Park Avenue ... (1971)
vinyl, fabric, Plexiglas, foam and polyester
64 x 31 x 12½ in. (162.6 x 78.7 x 31.8 cm.)
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $42,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day
New York, November 12, 2008
Lot: 189

Fried Egg In Pan

2 by 15 3/4 by 8 in. 5.1 by 40 by 20.3 cm.
painted plaster and aluminum frying pan
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $13,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day
New York, November 12, 2008
Lot: 272

Study For A Huge Stuffed Shirt...

11 by 13 3/4 in. 27.9 by 34.9 cm.
gouache and crayon on paper
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $300,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening
New York, November 11, 2008
Lot: 18

Model (Ghost) Toaster (2/2)

13 by 20 by 11 in. 33 by 50.8 by 27.9 cm.
painted canvas with kapok filling on a canvas-covered wood base
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $55,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day
New York, May 15, 2008
Lot: 191

Rebel, 24 Hours

watercolor on paper
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG


Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day
New York, May 15, 2008
Lot: 197

Watch In A Red Box

Muslin soaked in plaster over wire frame, painted with enamel, in 2 parts
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $1,500,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening
New York, May 14, 2008
Lot: 29

Yellow Girl's Dress

enamel on plaster over muslin and wire
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $220,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening
New York, May 14, 2008
Lot: 51

Soft Doors For Airflow Model #...

stenciled canvas and kapok in three parts
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $10,000

Christie's Post-War And Contemporary Art Morning
New York, May 14, 2008
Lot: 158

Two Heads with Speech


Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $70,000

Christie's Post-War And Contemporary Art Morning
New York, May 14, 2008
Lot: 160

Fagend Study


Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $8,500

Sotheby's Contemporary Art
New York, April 2, 2008
Lot: 61

Fixture for a London Taxi: Int...

casein and crayon on paper
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $8,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art
New York, April 2, 2008
Lot: 62

Proposal for a Giant Balloon i...

pencil and colored pencil on paper
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $18,000

Christie's Post-War And Contemporary First Open
New York, April 1, 2008
Lot: 263

Typewriter Eraser--Position St...

wall relief--acrylic, pencil, tape and wax collage on cardboard mounted on canvas laid down on panel
36 x 36 x 6½...

Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $600,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art
New York, November 15, 2007
Lot: 202

Typwriter Eraser

Steel, Acrylic, Aluminum
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $16,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art
New York, November 15, 2007
Lot: 214

Standing Mitt with Ball in Gre...

Paper, Crayon
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
Winning Bid: $80,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art
New York, November 15, 2007
Lot: 215

Proposal for a Feasible Monume...

Paper, Crayon

Galleries showing Claes Oldenburg

Beverly Hills
ACE Gallery
Los Angeles
ACE Gallery
Gemini G.E.L.
Margo Leavin Gallery
Miami
Evelyn Aimis Fine Art
Milano
Galleria Tega
München
Galerie Thomas
New London
Stephen Foster Fine Arts
New York
ACE Gallery
Acquavella Galleries, Inc.
Brooke Alexander
Paula Cooper Gallery
Edward Tyler Nahem
Peter Freeman, Inc.
Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd.
Max Lang
PaceWildenstein
Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art
Wooster Projects
Zwirner & Wirth
Pietrasanta
Galleria Tega
Salta
Stephen Foster Fine Arts

Group Shows with Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room at Whitney Museum of American ArtMay 7, 2009-Sep 6, 2009
One of the most innovative artists of the postwar period, Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929) is best known for sculptures and drawings that disrupt our expectations of how ordinary objects “behave.” In 1976, he began an extraordinary creative partnership with...
Light Time and Three Dimensions at PaceWildensteinJun 28, 2007-Aug 24, 2007
A group exhibition entitled LIGHT TIME AND THREE DIMENSIONS, also on view at 25th Street, includes work by Alexander Calder, Bill Culbert, Tara Donovan, Dan Flavin, Robert Irwin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Claes Oldenbur...
A Point in Space Is a Place for an Argument at David ZwirnerJun 28, 2007-Aug 10, 2007
Opening on June 28, 2007, David Zwirner is pleased to present A Point in Space Is a Place for an Argument. Deriving its title from Ludwig Wittgenstein’s seminal text, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the exhibition will include a selection of works by...
Pop Prints from the collection of John and Kimiko Powers at IPCNY - International Print Center New YorkMay 3, 2007-Jun 16, 2007
International Print Center New York announces the presentation of Pop Prints from the Collection of John and Kimiko Powers, opening on Thursday, May 3rd, and remaining on view through Saturday, June 16th in IPCNY's gallery at 526 West 26th Street, Ro...
The Food Show: The Hungry Eye at Chelsea Art MuseumNov 17, 2006-Feb 24, 2007
Curated by Robert G. Edelman and Gina Fiore. With Donald Baechler, John Baldessari, Vik Muniz, Mimi Oka, Claes Oldenburg, Richard Pasquarelli, Robert Penetta, Donald Sultan, Scott Teplin, Rirkrit Tiravanija and others Taking into account the comp...

View all shows with Claes Oldenburg

Exhibitions by iCI - Independent Curators International

Mapped Art: Charts, Routes, Regions(1981 - 1983)
Supershow!(1979 - 1980)
Artists’ Books U.S.A.(1978 - 1979)
American Pop Art and Culture of the Sixties(1976)
Art in Landscape(1976 - 1977)

Exhibitions

La Biennale di Venezia 1964Posted: 2007-05-18
National Pavilion of USA

La Biennale di Venezia 1970Posted: 2007-05-18
National Pavilion of USA

Museum Collections


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