Claes Oldenburg is a Swedish Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1929.
His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like
S.M.A.K. Ghent in Gent and will be on exhibit at
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (524 W 26th Str) on January 14, 2022. Numerous key galleries and museums such as
Pace New York (540 West 25th Street) have featured Claes Oldenburg’s work in the past.
Claes Oldenburg’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $41 USD to $3,637,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is $3,637,000 USD for
Clothespin Ten Foot, sold at
Christie’s New York in 2015.
Claes Oldenburg has been featured in articles for
Forbes,
Art Basel Stories and
Artillery Magazine. The most recent article is
‘Draw Like a Machine: Pop Art, 1952 – 1975’ at the Menil Drawing Institute, Houston written for Glasstire in November 2021.
Artist’s alternative names: Claes Oldenberg, Claes Thure Oldenburg, Claus Oldenburg