Lot 130 · Prints & Multiples
Sketch for a Sculpture in the Form of a Steel Tack (Axsom & Platzker 176)
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- Estimate
- $1,000–$2,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Prints & Multiples, New York · 16 December 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4891287
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Claes Oldenburg, Sketch for a Sculpture in the Form of a Steel Tack (Axsom & Platzker 176). Sotheby's, 16 Dec 2020, lot 130. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4891287.
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Claes Oldenburg, Sketch for a Sculpture in the Form of a Steel Tack (Axsom & Platzker 176). Sotheby's, 16 Dec 2020, lot 130. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4891287.
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