Lot 12 · Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Study for a soft sculpture in the form of a giant ketchup bottle
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- Estimate
- £50,000–£70,000 hammer ≈ $76,125–$106,575
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 10 February 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4331548
- Record
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Claes Oldenburg, Study for a soft sculpture in the form of a giant ketchup bottle. Sotheby's, 10 Feb 2015, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4331548.
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Claes Oldenburg, Study for a soft sculpture in the form of a giant ketchup bottle. Sotheby's, 10 Feb 2015, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4331548.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mappa | Alighiero Boetti | £800,000–£1,200,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claes Oldenburg | Model (Ghost) Juicit (Silex Juicit) | $119,700 | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | |
| Claes Oldenburg | Fried Egg in Pan | Sotheby's, Sep 2013 | ||
| Claes Oldenburg | typewriter erasers - position studies | Sotheby's, Nov 2019 | ||
| Claes Oldenburg | calico bunny | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Claes Oldenburg | Pancakes and Sausages | Christie's, Nov 2006 | ||
| Claes Oldenburg | Punching Bag | Phillips, May 2019 | ||
| Claes Oldenburg | Fagend Study | Phillips, Nov 2018 | ||
| Claes Oldenburg | Grey Sundae | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 |
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