Sam Middleton

American | 1927 - 2015

Sam Middleton was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1927. Their work is currently being shown at Frist Art Museum in Nashville. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Spanierman Modern have featured Sam Middleton's work in the past.Sam Middleton's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 47 USD to 17,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 17,500 USD for Jazz on Easter Sunday, sold at Phillips New York in 2018. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 2,377 USD, while their works on paper have sold for an average of 1,301 USD.Sam Middleton has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for The Guardian in March 2025. The artist died in 2015.

Featured for Sale

Untitled ,1960

By Sam Middleton

Swann Auction Galleries

Polka Dots and Moonbeams ,2000

By Sam Middleton

Swann Auction Galleries

At Auction

Notable Lots

Untitled ,1971

By Sam Middleton

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Number 13 ,57

By Sam Middleton

Blues Mis-used ,1967

By Sam Middleton

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Upcoming Lots

Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Sam Middleton

Polka Dots and Moonbeams ,2000

By Sam Middleton

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Untitled (#25 ,1963

By Sam Middleton

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Untitled ,1960

By Sam Middleton

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Recent Auction Results

Concerto / Composition (Two Works - Sam Middleton

Concerto / Composition (Two Works ,1995

By Sam Middleton

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Magic Circle (1978) / Lake View with Vessels (Two Works) - Sam Middleton

Magic Circle (1978) / Lake View with Vessels (Two Works) ,1978

By Sam Middleton

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Sam Middleton Untitled ,1999

By Sam Middleton

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Current Exhibitions

Kindred Spirits: Intergenerational Forms of Expression, 196-1999

Frist Art Museum

Nashville | Tennessee | USA

Mar 14,2025 - Jun 01,2025

Past Exhibitions

Art on Paper

Spanierman Modern

Upper East Side | New York | USA

Feb 20,2025 - Apr 05,2025

Rhythm of Resilience: The Artistry of Sam Middleton

Hammonds House Museum

Atlanta | Georgia | USA

May 17,2024 - Aug 31,2024

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Articles

The Guardian 19/03/2025

Pompidou Centre show featuring 150 artists of African heritage is the last before the gallery shuts for five years.

The Art Newspaper 07/09/2024

The fair champions art made on and with paper, in every form and style.

ARTS ATL 12/08/2024

Two very different exhibitions currently on view demonstrate how in visual art 鈥� to modify a no longer popular saying 鈥� what you see is not necessarily what you get.

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