Claes Oldenburg

American [Born Sweden] (83 years old, born 1929)
Artwork
CLAES OLDENBURG
From Light Time and Three Dimensions
The Pace Gallery

Leaning Fork with Meatball and Spaghetti II
Artwork
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


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.
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.)
Artwork
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.
Artwork
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.
Artwork
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.
Artwork
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.
Artwork
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.
Artwork
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.
Artwork
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.)
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.)

Galleries showing Claes Oldenburg

Beverly Hills
ACE Gallery
London
A&D Gallery
Los Angeles
ACE Gallery
Gemini G.E.L.
Margo Leavin Gallery
Thomas Paul Fine Art
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.
Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl
David Janis Gallery
Max Lang (closed)
Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd.
The Pace Gallery
Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art
Wooster Projects
Zwirner & Wirth
Pietrasanta
Galleria Tega
Salta
Stephen Foster Fine Arts

Group Shows with Claes Oldenburg

Collecting Biennials at Whitney Museum of American ArtJan 16, 2010-Nov 28, 2010
As a prelude, counterpoint, and coda to the Biennial, the Museum’s fifth floor is devoted to artists in the Whitney’s collection whose works were shown in Biennials over the past eight decades. Collecting Biennials, opening on January 16, is installe...
1969 at MoMA P.S.1Oct 25, 2009-Apr 5, 2010
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents 1969, a large scale exhibition occupying the entire second floor with works drawn from every department of The Museum of Modern Art. Exploring a cross section of art made during a period marked with revolution a...
Leaning Clarinet at La Biblioteca Nacional de EspañaFeb 16, 2010-Mar 1, 2010
El martes 16 de febrero a las 10.30 de la mañana será instalada la obra Leaning Clarinet , de Claes Oldenburg y Coosje Van Bruggen, en los jardines de la Biblioteca Nacional de España. A este acto, al que están invitados los medios gráficos, asistirá...
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 The Pace GalleryJun 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...

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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