Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Floating Three-Way Plug (A. & P. 154), 1976
Etching · Paper · ed. 56/60
Phillips · Sep 3, 2026£387 ≈ $522 ≈ €450Sign up free to see price
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Soft Screw
Claes Oldenburg (American, 1929–2022) · 1975
$30,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £23,377≈ €27,258
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- Medium
- Other · Paintings all other results →As published: “cast elastomeric urethane and lacquered mahogany base”
- Support
- Panel
- Edition
- 5/24
- Signed / inscribed
- Incised with the artist's signature "Oldenburg" and embossed with the title, inscription, number and date "5/24 SOFT SCREW © COPYRIGHT 1975 CLAES OLDENBURG PROD · Claes Oldenburg signature
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- height 45 7/8 in. (116.5 cm.) diameter 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session (NY010819)
- Date
- November 13, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 132
- Estimate
- $18,000 – $25,000 (≈ £14,026 – £19,481) (≈ €16,355 – €22,715)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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