Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Ice Bags and Bananas, 1969
Other · Paper
Phillips · Dec 4, 2024£1,524 ≈ $1,930 ≈ €1,840Sign up free to see price
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Claes Oldenburg (American, 1929–2022) · 1991
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $15,000 – $20,000 (≈ £9,433 – £12,577) (≈ €11,167 – €14,890)
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
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “pencil, watercolor on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Initialed · Claes Oldenburg signature
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 2 3/4 x 5 in. (7 x 12.7 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010813)
- Date
- November 12, 2013
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 190
- Estimate
- $15,000 – $20,000 (≈ £9,433 – £12,577) (≈ €11,167 – €14,890)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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