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Drawing (pencil)
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Auction result
Arcobaleno di tartine
Claes Oldenburg (American, 1929–2022) · 1985
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $18,000 – $25,000 (≈ £13,521 – £18,779) (≈ €16,189 – €22,484)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “colored pencil, marker and ink on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with the artist's initials and dated "CO. 85" lower right and titled "arcobaleno di tartive" upper edge · Claes Oldenburg signature
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 8 1/8 x 11 in. (20.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York (NY090324)
- Date
- September 23, 2024
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 27
- Estimate
- $18,000 – $25,000 (≈ £13,521 – £18,779) (≈ €16,189 – €22,484)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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