Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Byron Gallery, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1970)
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 1998
Literature
Gene Baro, Claes Oldenburg: Drawings and Prints, London, 1969, no. 137, p. 248

Property from the Estate of Howard Karshan

Ο126

Claes Oldenburg

Map of Chicago Stuffed with Soft Numbers

signed with the artist's initials, inscribed and dated "chicago C.O. 1963" lower edge
crayon on paper
23 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (59.7 x 45.1 cm.)
Executed in 1963.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
+1 212 940 1261
jmccord@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 14 November 2018

101
Fernand Léger
Composition à l'échelle
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $11,875
102
Fernand Léger
Composition aux plumes
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $15,000
103
James Ensor
Resurrection
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $10,000
104
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Zwei liegende Akte
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
105
Pablo Picasso
Nu couché et homme écrivant (Sleeping Nude and Man Writing)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $100,000
106
Alexej von Jawlensky
Saint Prex am Genfersee (St Prex on Lake Geneva)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,750
107
Alberto Giacometti
Femmes debout
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
108
André Masson
Dessin automatique
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
109
George Grosz
Krieg Tumult
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
110
Matta
Morphologie des significations...
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
111
Matta
To Picture Orbits for the Most Complex Conflicts
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,000
112
Wifredo Lam
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
113
Oscar Domínguez
Nus des femmes
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
114
Jackson Pollock
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $125,000
115
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $187,500
116
Sam Francis
Hydra
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $32,500
117
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
118
Sam Francis
Untitled (Circle Entre Noir et Blanc)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
119
Willem de Kooning
Eight works: (i-viii) Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $150,000
120
Philip Guston
Camera Ready, Like a Dream
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,750
121
Philip Guston
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $150,000
122
William Anastasi
Pocket Drawing
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,750
123
Mark Tobey
Composition with Blue and Red
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $20,000
124
Wayne Thiebaud
Pie
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $175,000
125
Claes Oldenburg
Cake Slice
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
126
Claes Oldenburg
Map of Chicago Stuffed with Soft Numbers
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
127
Robert Morris
Column, Two Positions, 1961
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,750
128
Carl Andre
7 Copper Weather Row
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $93,750
129
Agnes Martin
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
130
Mel Bochner
Untitled (Estimating an 8" x 8" Square)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,500
131
Sol LeWitt
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
132
Sol LeWitt
Incomplete Open Cube 6/10
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
133
Sol LeWitt
Incomplete Open Cube 6/21
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
134
Bruce Nauman
RAW/WAR
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $81,250
135
Bruce Nauman
Modern (Production) Slant Stool
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
136
Fred Sandback
Untitled (4 drawings for 16 two-part pieces for the John Weber Gallery)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
137
Robert Smithson
Spiral Jetty
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
138
Robert Mangold
Ellipse Within a Rectangle #2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,000
139
Richard Tuttle
Three Drawings from the Whitney Series
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
140
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,750
141
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
142
Gerhard Richter
Ohne Titel (2.2.89)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $93,750
143
Gerhard Richter
Ohne Titel (2.1.89)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,250
144
William Nelson Copley
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $16,250
145
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Flick)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,125
146
Marlene Dumas
The Apple
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
147
Raoul Dufy
Nu dans l'atelier de la place Arago à Perpignan
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
148
Raoul Dufy
Régates à Deauville
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $399,000
149
This lot is no longer available.
150
Raoul Dufy
Le port du Havre
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
151
Raoul Dufy
Arlequin à Venise
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
152
Raoul Dufy
Hommage à Bach
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
153
Raoul Dufy
Le Grand Orchestre
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
154
Raoul Dufy
Étude pour le bar du Palais de Chaillot
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
155
Raoul Dufy
Le jardin des plantes
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
156
Georges Seurat
L'Homme à femmes
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
157
Kurt Schwitters
Mz 30,3
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $100,000
158
Max Ernst
Le peuple des oiseaux
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
159
Jean (Hans) Arp
Gesticulant
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $93,750
160
Joan Miró
Painting III
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
161
Joan Miró
Figure en état de métamorphose (Figure in a State of Metamorphosis)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $237,500
162
Marc Chagall
Femme et vase de fleurs
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $225,000
163
Rufino Tamayo
Hombre y la luna
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
164
Diego Rivera
Don Lupito
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $591,000
165
Salvador Dalí
Don Quichotte
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $187,500
166
Roberto Matta
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
167
Roberto Matta
XXIII
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $150,000
168
Diego Rivera
Girl Holding Flowers
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
169
Jean Dufy
Le concert
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
170
Jean Dubuffet
Mire G 32 (Kowloon)
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $250,000
171
Jean Dubuffet
Figure VIII
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $262,500
172
William Baziotes
Circus Abstraction
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
173
Mark Tobey
Between Black and White
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $531,000
174
Carol Rama
La guerra è astratta
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $87,500
175
Lee Bontecou
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
176
Milton Avery
Nude by the Sea
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
177
Wayne Thiebaud
Cosmetic Lady
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $471,000
178
Wayne Thiebaud
San Francisco Shore
Estimate $450,000 - 600,000
179
Ruth Asawa
Untitled (SD.085, Sculpture Drawing: Tied wire with 8 branches)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $56,250
180
Alexander Calder
Untitled (Champagne Cork Wire Figure)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $35,000
181
Alexander Calder
Untitled (Man, Woman, Bird and Sun)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
182
Alexander Calder
Pont du gard
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $68,750
183
Alexander Calder
Four Dots with Brass Tail
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $483,000
184
David Smith
Spectre
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $471,000
185
Hans Hofmann
The Secret Source
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $225,000
186
Sam Francis
Face to Face
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
187
David Smith
DS 3/4/52
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
188
David Smith
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $55,000
189
Richard Pousette-Dart
Blue Enstrata
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $275,000
190
Richard Pousette-Dart
Center of the World
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,500
191
Richard Pousette-Dart
Mission
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $50,000
192
Helen Frankenthaler
Red Shift
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $759,000
193
Robert Motherwell
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $112,500
194
Robert Motherwell
I.H. Series No. 26
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,000
195
Robert Motherwell
Yeats' Tower
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $87,500
196
Lee Krasner
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
197
Willem de Kooning
Woman
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $495,000
198
Esteban Vicente
Bamba
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $43,750
199
Larry Poons
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
200
Adolph Gottlieb
Petal
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $212,500
201
Arshile Gorky
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
202
Arshile Gorky
Musical Abstraction
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
203
Josef Albers
Study for Homage to the Square: Awakening
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $399,000
204
Helen Frankenthaler
Cape Breton
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
205
Helen Frankenthaler
Matt Series
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $77,500
206
Joan Mitchell
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $118,750
207
Sam Francis
Untitled (Blue Balls)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $77,500
208
Beauford Delaney
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $118,750
209
Friedel Dzubas
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $325,000
210
Arshile Gorky
Untitled (Drawing for 'Young Cherry Secured against Hares')
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,000
211
Hans Hofmann
The Serpent
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
212
Jules Olitski
Untitled-Seven
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $447,000
213
Kenneth Noland
Recovers
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $175,000
214
Sam Middleton
Jazz on Easter Sunday
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,500
215
Conrad Marca-Relli
S-5-62
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
216
James Brooks
Ehr
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
217
Fritz Bultman
Rosa Park - The Nurses of the Afternoon
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
218
Mark di Suvero
From Antarctica
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
219
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
220
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
221
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
222
Louise Nevelson
Floating Cloud Cryptic VIX
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,500
223
Jasper Johns
Untitled (Red, Yellow, Blue)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $212,500
224
Andy Warhol
Brillo Soap Pads Box (Pasadena Type)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
225
Jim Dine
Crescent Wrench
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
226
Jim Dine
Harry Mathews Skis the Vercour
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $112,500
227
Jim Dine
A Study/ Your Yard
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
228
Ed Ruscha
Porch
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $483,000
229
Andy Warhol
Silvio Castelli
Estimate $80,000 - 100,000
Sold for $118,750
230
Andy Warhol
Michael Walsh
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $137,500
231
Roy Lichtenstein
Untitled Head I
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
232
Robert Indiana
Art
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $81,250
233
Robert Rauschenberg
Spindle Top Rock Glut
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
234
Andy Warhol
Piss Painting
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
235
Claes Oldenburg
Fagend Study
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $93,750
236
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Falling Notes
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
237
Andy Warhol
Tom Royal
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
238
Andy Warhol
Price War
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
239
Christo
Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $93,750
240
Tom Wesselmann
Open Ended Nude Drawing Edition #67
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $47,500
241
Ed Ruscha
Fleetwood
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
242
Fernando Botero
Torero
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $250,000
243
Fernando Botero
Reclining Woman
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $281,250
244
Fernando Botero
Still Life with Bottle
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $399,000
245
León Ferrari
Esfera (Sphere)
Estimate $140,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
246
Jesús Rafael Soto
Rectangles et Carres
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $275,000
247
George Rickey
Four Rectangles Oblique II
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
248
George Rickey
Four Cubes with Gimbal II
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
249
Edgar Negret
Sol
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
250
Niki de Saint Phalle
Pouf serpent bleu
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
251
Frank Stella
Drawing for Ossipee III
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $32,500
252
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Temple of Fire Red
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $43,750
253
Ralph Goings
Rock Ola
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 14 November 2018

Provenance

Literature

Ο126

Claes Oldenburg

Map of Chicago Stuffed with Soft Numbers

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session