Claes Oldenburg

American · 1929–2022 · Painter, Printmaker

Claes Oldenburg was a Swedish-born American sculptor best known for his public art installations, typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his… (Wikipedia)

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495lots offered1999–2026years recorded92%sold (445)$1.3kSign up free to seemedian price

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24 Open-Faced SandwichesPhillips · Nov 2024$793,750≈ £627,619≈ €750,378Sign up to see
"Ghost Wardrobe for M. M."Van Ham · Oct 2024€343,200≈ $380,472≈ £285,511Sign up to see
Punching BagPhillips · May 2019$200,000≈ £155,267≈ €178,843Sign up to see

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Average price

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median $1.3kfree account

High

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Lots sold

445

of 485 offered · 1999–2026

Sell-through

92%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

4 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

10 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	16	15	94%	$72.8kSign up	$11.6kSign up	$794kSign up
Oil	1	1	100%	$31.3kSign up	$31.3kSign up	$31.3kSign up
Acrylic	10	9	90%	$24.7kSign up	$11.6kSign up	$113kSign up
Tempera	1	1	100%	$794kSign up	$794kSign up	$794kSign up
Mixed media	3	3	100%	$4.7kSign up	$5.6kSign up	$8.1kSign up
Works on paper	29	21	72%	$15.7kSign up	$5.6kSign up	$101kSign up
Watercolor	8	5	63%	$25.2kSign up	$30kSign up	$50.8kSign up
Gouache	2	1	50%	$101kSign up	$101kSign up	$101kSign up
Pastel	1	1	100%	$11.9kSign up	$11.9kSign up	$11.9kSign up
Drawing	9	5	56%	$13.1kSign up	$9kSign up	$37.4kSign up
Prints & multiples	356	344	97%	$2kSign up	$1.1kSign up	$27.4kSign up
Etching	25	25	100%	$1.4kSign up	$1kSign up	$8.3kSign up
Aquatint	2	2	100%	$5.5kSign up	$5.5kSign up	$6.3kSign up
Lithograph	217	210	97%	$1.6kSign up	$1.1kSign up	$10kSign up
Screenprint	63	61	97%	$2.8kSign up	$875Sign up	$27.4kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	7	7	100%	$2.8kSign up	$2.5kSign up	$5.3kSign up
Print (other)	12	11	92%	$484Sign up	$430Sign up	$777Sign up
Multiple	30	28	93%	$3.3kSign up	$2.2kSign up	$10.1kSign up
Photography	2	2	100%	$2.4kSign up	$2.4kSign up	$4.1kSign up
Photograph	2	2	100%	$2.4kSign up	$2.4kSign up	$4.1kSign up
Sculpture	39	32	82%	$13.9kSign up	$7kSign up	$93.8kSign up
Other	43	31	72%	$25.1kSign up	$2.1kSign up	$380kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	54	49	$1.1kSign up
2025	42	37	$1kSign up
2024	67	62	$1.1kSign up
2023	42	37	$925Sign up
2022	53	53	$1.3kSign up
2021	51	49	$1kSign up
2020	20	19	$2.8kSign up
2019	25	23	$1.6kSign up
2018	18	17	$2.5kSign up
2017	22	20	$2.1kSign up
2016	16	15	$1.3kSign up
2015	16	11	$2.3kSign up
2014	11	10	$3.1kSign up
2013	15	12	$3.8kSign up
2012	10	8	$1.9kSign up
2011	5	5	$5.2kSign up
2010	1	1	$500Sign up
2009	5	5	$919Sign up
2008	2	2	$3.8kSign up
2007	4	4	$4.1kSign up
2005	4	4	$1.2kSign up
2001	1	1	$356Sign up
1999	1	1	$95Sign up