

BE THEREClaes OldenburgAmerican [Born Sweden] (80 years old, born 1929)CLAES OLDENBURG From Light Time and Three Dimensions PaceWildenstein Leaning Fork with Meatball and Spaghetti II 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 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.)
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.) 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
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) 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 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.)
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.
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.) 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 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 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 CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $55,000 Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day New York, May 15, 2008 Lot: 191 Rebel, 24 Hours watercolor on paper
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 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 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 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 CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $70,000 Christie's Post-War And Contemporary Art Morning New York, May 14, 2008 Lot: 160 Fagend Study 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 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 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... CLAES OLDENBURG Winning Bid: $600,000 Sotheby's Contemporary Art New York, November 15, 2007 Lot: 202 Typwriter Eraser Steel, Acrylic, Aluminum 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 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 OldenburgGroup Shows with Claes Oldenburg
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