Claes Oldenburg — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works1315

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

Previous Sales 320

Sotheby's

Two Diamond Rings

Unknown

May 2026

Sotheby's

Typewriter Eraser, 1977

$444,500

Nov 2025

Sotheby's

Proposal for a Sculpture in the Form of a Saw, Sawing, 1994

$76,200

Nov 2025

Sotheby's

Perfume Bottle, Fallen, 1992

$24,130

Nov 2025

Christie's

Stockinged Thighs Framed by Skirt, 1961

$596,900

Nov 2025

Christie's

Typewriter Eraser, 1977

$655,200

Nov 2023

Sotheby's

Study for Bed and Dresser, 1963

$25,400

May 2023

Sotheby's

Giant Balloon in the Shape of a Screw, 1973

$26,000

Apr 2023

Sotheby's

Study for Soft Sculpture in the Form of a Drainpipe , 1968

$19,000

Apr 2023

Sotheby's

Construction in the Form of the Letter Q, Hanging, 1974

$18,000

Apr 2023

Sotheby's

Saxophone Fountain, 1992

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Inverted Tie and Collar, 1991

Sotheby's

Christie's

Christie's

Study for a Sculpture in the Form of a Saw, Cutting, 1973

$37,800

Mar 2023

Christie's

Two prints by the artist

$3,276

Mar 2023

Sotheby's

Walking Woman, Leg Foreshortened, with Van

£3,200 ($5k USD)

Jan 2023

Christie's

Alphabet/Good Humor, Side B, 1974

$69,300

May 2022

Christie's

Tomb Design for Marilyn Monroe - Second Version, 1975

$32,760

May 2022

Christie's

Tie Happening, 1961

Bought In

Mar 2022

Christie's

Miniature Soft Drum Set

$11,970

Mar 2022

Christie's

Tilting Neon Cocktail

$10,710

Mar 2022

Christie's

Fire Plug Souvenir - "Chicago August 1968"

$10,080

Mar 2022

Christie's

Tea Bag, from 4 on Plexiglas

$4,410

Mar 2022

For Sale 31

Gallery Art · Artsper

Proposed Colossal Monument for Battersea Park, London, Drum Set, 1966

$3,713

Print

Gemini G.E.L. · Artsy

Soft Light Blub-Night, 1997

US$4,000

1 color lithograph with chine colle'

Fern Hill Gallery · Artsper

Eraser

$2,039

Print

RoGallery · Artsper

Striding Figure from Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness Portfolio

$2,600

Print

End To End Gallery · Artsper

Broken Button

$20,500

Fine Art Drawings

Collectors Contemporary · Artsy

Ice Bag-Scale B, 1971

US$180,000–US$210,000

Yellow nylon material, fiberglass, mechanism, silver lacquer, blowers, anodised parts, steel, zipper, acrylic and Velcro

RoGallery · Artsper

Fagends Carved in Rock, Fagend Canyon

$2,800

Print

Gemini G.E.L. · Artsy

Hard Times Bulb- Night, 1995

US$12,000

Unique lithograph with chine colle, coathanger and pin

Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl · Artsy

Perfume Atomizer, on a Pillow on a Chair Leg, 1997

US$5,500

8-color lithograph with embossing

Woodward Gallery · Artsy

Boom, Stamped Indelibly, 1967

US$1,000–US$2,500

Rubber Stamp ink print on paper

Showplace - Luxury - Art - Design - Vintage · 1stDibs

"Sailboat Thinking of Q"

$1,450

Shapero Modern · 1stDibs

Fire Plug Souvenir - "Chicago August 1968"

$26,340

Shapero Modern · 1stDibs

Notebook Torn in Half (State I)

$2,058

GREGG SHIENBAUM FINE ART · 1stDibs

Sculpture In The Form Of A Bicycle Saddle

$22,000

Gallery of the Masters · 1stDibs

Pickaxe (Spitzhacke) Superimposed on a Drawing of the Site by E.L. Grimm

For sale

Gallery of the Masters · 1stDibs

Colossal Flashlight in Place of Hoover Dam

For sale

CLAMP · 1stDibs

Proposal for a Cathedral in the Form of a Sink Faucet for Lake Union, Seattle WA

For sale

Berggruen Gallery · 1stDibs

Proposed Monument for Alcatraz Island

$2,500

Berggruen Gallery · 1stDibs

Boules with Eventails - Sculpture for a Stair

For sale

Gutan Fine Art · 1stDibs

Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022) - Lithograph on paper - 1972

$1,011

Petersburg Press · 1stDibs

Ray Gun 1960 by Claes Oldenburg -- edgy industrial punk pop text art splatters

$950

Petersburg Press · 1stDibs

Figure and Phallus: erotic nude drawing of woman in heels in rainbow of colors

$1,500

Petersburg Press · 1stDibs

Claes Oldenburg mythological Erotic Fantasy Suite print set of 6 medusa mermaid

$1,680

Petersburg Press · 1stDibs

Boot Fairy (unique) Claes Oldenburg cowgirl in copper metallic framed

$2,450

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Rolling Collar and Tie (Axsom/Platzker 259) iconic Pop Art lithograph Ed of 52

$5,950

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Market1,950 auction results

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$80 – $486K

71 of 88 works on paper lots with prices

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$42.2K

Object-type specific

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$8.9K

71 priced works on paper lots

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Feb 2026 · $10.8K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Works on paper: $8.9K medianSculpture/objects: $13.4K medianPaintings: $60.5K medianPhotographs: $47.8K medianEditioned prints: $1.3K medianPosters/ephemera: $1.4K medianBooks/portfolios: $1.0K medianUnclassified lots: $42.0K median

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Prizes & Awards1

Wolf Prize in Arts

Winner 1989

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Education2

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

Chicago, IL, USA

Yale School of Art

New Haven, CT, USA

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Publications20

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Catalogue Raisonné 1

Claes Oldenburg Author

Rizzoli · 2006

Monograph 6

Claes Oldenburg Author

MIT Press · 2012

Claes Oldenburg

Prestel · 2012

Frank O. Gehry im Gespräch mit Kurt W. Forster

Hatje Cantz · 1999

Large-scale projects Author

Thames & Hudson · 1995

Il corso del coltello

Rizzoli · 1987

Claes Oldenburg, large-scale projects, 1977-1980 Author

Rizzoli · 1980

Exhibition Catalog 5

Claes Oldenburg Author

MoMA Publications · 2017

Sculpture on the Move 1946-2016

Hatje Cantz · 2016

Strange Eggs Author

Yale University Press · 2014

Claes Oldenburg drawings, 1959-1977

Abrams · 2002

Il Corso del coltello = Author

Rizzoli · 1987

Group Catalog 1

Allan Kaprow and Claes Oldenburg

Yale University Press · 2017

Survey 7

Lucy R. Lippard on Pop Art: Pocket Perspectives

Thames & Hudson · 2024

Where Art Meets Nature: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

Phaidon Press · 2024

Encounters with Artists

Thames & Hudson · 2023

Artists in Love

Rizzoli · 2016

Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture

Hatje Cantz · 2002

Out of Actions: Aktionismus, Body Art und Performance 1949-1979

Hatje Cantz · 1998

Pop Art

Thames & Hudson · 1967

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Current Exhibitions1

Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Ai Weiwei, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Melissa Miller, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Jun 12, 2026 — Sep 10, 2026

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Past Exhibitions22

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Mar 12, 2026 — May 27, 2026

Details