Lot 232 · Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Featuring The Collection of Morton and Barbara Mandel
Tube Supported by its Contents
Claes Oldenburg · painted bronze and steel
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- Estimate
- $300,000–$500,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Featuring The Collection of Morton and Barbara Mandel, New York · 3 December 2020
- Dimensions
- 36 x 22 x 27 in. (91.4 x 55.9 x 68.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3583527
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3583527 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3583527
Claes Oldenburg, Tube Supported by its Contents. Christie's, 3 Dec 2020, lot 232. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3583527.
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Claes Oldenburg, Tube Supported by its Contents. Christie's, 3 Dec 2020, lot 232. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3583527.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Joan Mitchell | $120,000–$180,000 | |
| Red Painting, 1950 | Ad Reinhardt | $700,000–$1,000,000 | |
| Getty Tomb | Frank Stella | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Five Forms with Three Circles | Barbara Hepworth | $400,000–$600,000 | |
| Bastille Day | Adolph Gottlieb | $600,000–$800,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claes Oldenburg | Profile Airflow | $279,400 | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | |
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| Claes Oldenburg | Typewriter Eraser | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Claes Oldenburg | Fan Model (Hard) | Sotheby's, May 2018 | ||
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| Claes Oldenburg | Inverted Q | Sotheby's, May 2016 | ||
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