The sale at Sotheby's New York next month includes works by Lucio Fontana, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alexander Calder and Claes Oldenburg.

It can be at once obvious, obscure, beautiful and bizarre. But in the hands of Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, master of small things made bigger and hard things made softer, it can also be hilarious.

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44.4 x 27.9 cm. (17.5 x 11 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...