John Baldessari

American | 1931 - 2020

John Baldessari was an American photographer who was born in 1931. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like MGKSiegen. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Broad have featured John Baldessari's work in the past.John Baldessari's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 30 USD to 2,517,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 2,517,000 USD for COMMISSIONED PAINTING:聽 A PAINTING BY EDGAR TRANSUE, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2014. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 114,533 USD, while his sculptures have sold for an average of 102,022 USD.John Baldessari has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for JUXTAPOZ in February 2025. The artist died in 2020.

Artist's alternative names: John Anthony Baldessari

Featured for Sale

Untitled (From 8 Plants X 6 = 48) ,1998

By John Baldessari

Gallery Art

Study for Blasted Allegories: Return...

By John Baldessari

Christie's New York

Two Sunsets (One with Square Blue Moon ,1994

By John Baldessari

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

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Hands / Horses (To Agree) - John Baldessari

Hands / Horses (To Agree) ,1987

By John Baldessari

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LIFE'S BALANCE ,1986

By John Baldessari

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A FIX'D INFLEXIBLE SORROW - John Baldessari

A FIX'D INFLEXIBLE SORROW ,1988

By John Baldessari

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Complementary Colors ,2007

By John Baldessari

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Study for Blasted Allegories: Return...

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Two Sunsets (One with Square Blue Moon - John Baldessari

Two Sunsets (One with Square Blue Moon ,1994

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Two Figures: One Leaping - John Baldessari

Two Figures: One Leaping ,2005

By John Baldessari

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Stairway, Coat and Person - John Baldessari

Stairway, Coat and Person ,2012

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Studio ,1988

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Current Exhibitions

Look, the Eyes

MGKSiegen

Siegen | Germany

Dec 06,2024 - Jun 15,2025

One Last Thing Again

Montgomery Art Center, Pomona College Museum of Art

Claremont | California | USA

Feb 13,2025 - Jun 29,2025

The Collection Herbert

Herbert Foundation

Gent | Belgium

Oct 01,2023 - Jul 27,2025

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Articles

Wallpaper 23/04/2025

From Barbara Kruger to Sylvie Fleury: publishing mogul Michael Ringier opens his private art collection to the public, sharing 500 works, and tells us what makes great art.

Hyperallergic 17/04/2025

From airbrushed lettering of lowriders to silkscreen and sign-painting, an exhibition flexes the state鈥檚 wide-ranging visual language.

JUXTAPOZ 12/02/2025

The visual output of Californian artists has, for over half a century, embraced the written word as the site for aesthetic play. Spanning painting, drawing, printmaking.

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鈥� ..While he is best known for his juxtapositions of words and images, Ruscha鈥檚 career remains incredibly diverse... 鈥�
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Patrick Painter, Inc.

鈥� ..Faces and physiognomy, and particularly the orificial and sensory features of noses and ears, have been present in various guises in Baldessari鈥檚 work throughout his career... 鈥�
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Sprüth Magers, London

鈥� ..Baldessari is famously known for his work involving the obfuscation of faces with a colored dot, an act that objectively re-emphasizes focus to the action or event captured in the work... 鈥�
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Shin Gallery

鈥� ..Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads highlights not only the animated dialogue in which painting and photography have long and successfully been engaged in Baldessari鈥檚 work, but also the tradition in his... 鈥�
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Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

鈥� .. Baldessari's lifelong interest in language, both written and visual, has been at the forefront of both his artwork and his teaching, through which, over more than thirty years, he has nurtured and influenced... 鈥�
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