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American | 1912 - 1992

John Cage was an American artist who was born in 1912. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Museum Ludwig, Cologne. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud have featured John Cage's work in the past.John Cage's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 20 USD to 116,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 116,500 USD for The First Meeting of the Satie Society, sold at Christie's New York in 2011. In the past 12 months, his prints & graphic art have averaged 3,175 USD.John Cage has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in October 2025. The artist died in 1992.

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Untitled

By John Cage

Swann Auction Galleries

30 DRAWINGS BY THOREAU ,1974

By John Cage

Palm Beach Modern Auctions

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Extended Lullaby

By John Cage

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Edible Drawing No. 12 ,1990

By John Cage

The First Meeting of the Satie Society - John Cage

The First Meeting of the Satie Society ,1992

By John Cage

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30 DRAWINGS BY THOREAU ,1974

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Untitled

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Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel: Plexigram VI - John Cage

Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel: Plexigram VI ,1969

By John Cage

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6) (where R=Ryoanji): 2R + 13Â·14, R2/2, R3, R2/3, R2/1 & (R3 - John Cage

6) (where R=Ryoanji): 2R + 13Â·14, R2/2, R3, R2/3, R2/1 & (R3 ,1983

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Lithograph B (from Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel - John Cage

Lithograph B (from Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel ,1969

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Current Exhibitions

In Passing

Niru Ratnam

London | UK

25 Sep, 2025 - 29 Nov, 2025

Rewind, Replay: Vidéographie

Argos Centre for Audiovisual Arts

Brussels | Belgium

25 Oct, 2025 - 21 Dec, 2025

Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

LUMA Arles

Arles | France

01 May, 2025 - 11 Jan, 2026

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鈥� ..Throughout his career, Cage performed and lectured all over the world... 鈥�
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Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art

鈥� ..Cage's radical innovations in compositions and theory - the application of chance and "found" sound as an integral compositional device, the creation of musical structures based on rhythm rather than tonality... 鈥�
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Electronic Arts Intermix

鈥� ..By including noise as well as silence, 4'33" exemplifies Cage's characteristic sense of humor and rebellion by both questioning and reaffirming traditional musical composition... 鈥�
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Norton Simon Museum of Art

鈥� ..Relinquishing certain aspects of the outcome within an established framework was Cage's way of eliminating biases or personal taste from his work... 鈥�
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Norton Simon Museum of Art

鈥� ..Visually present in the lithographs on black paper, but most evident in the Plexigrams, is Cage's use of negative space... 鈥�
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Norton Simon Museum of Art

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