Beatrice Wood

American · 1893–1998 · Painter, Sculptor

Beatrice Wood was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New… (Wikipedia)

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$40,625≈ £31,202≈ €36,340Sign uprecord price · incl. premiumUntitled (Mural)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)2017267auction results2007–2026years recorded95%sold (254)$2.5kSign up free to seemedian price

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Untitled (Mural)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 2017$40,625≈ £31,202≈ €36,340Sign up to see
Large chaliceRago Auctions · Jun 2026$21,760≈ £16,283≈ €18,861Sign up to see
Three Button Bottle vaseRago Auctions · Jun 2024$17,640≈ £13,824≈ €16,386Sign up to see

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Chalice and vase, c. 1980
Sculpture
4 h x 4½ dia in (10 x 11 cm)
Rago Auctions · Jul 7, 2021 · Lot 327
$5,313≈ £3,840≈ €4,491Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Apparition charger, 1951
Sculpture
13 dia in (33 cm)
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2021 · Lot 686
$2,375≈ £1,686≈ €1,959Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Figural vase
Sculpture
6¼ h x 6 w x 5½ d in (16 x 15 x 14 cm)
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2021 · Lot 687
$1,625≈ £1,154≈ €1,340Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Vase
Sculpture
6 h x 3¼ dia in (15 x 8 cm)
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2021 · Lot 689
$3,000≈ £2,130≈ €2,475Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Bowl
Sculpture
2 h x 9 dia in (5 x 23 cm)
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2021 · Lot 690
$1,500≈ £1,065≈ €1,237Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Bowls, set of four
Sculpture
3½ h x 6¼ dia in (9 x 16 cm)
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2021 · Lot 693
$2,750≈ £1,953≈ €2,268Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Early vase, 1941
Sculpture
3¾ h x 3 dia in (10 x 8 cm)
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2021 · Lot 695
$1,000≈ £710≈ €825Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Breakfast for One, c. 1991
Sculpture
6½ h x 7½ w x 4¼ d in (17 x 19 x 11 cm)
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2021 · Lot 696
$7,500≈ £5,326≈ €6,187Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Plate
Sculpture
1½ h x 10 dia in (4 x 25 cm)
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2021 · Lot 698
$625≈ £444≈ €516Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $700–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Bottle
Sculpture
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Feb 28, 2021 · Lot 16
$5,625≈ £4,039≈ €4,667Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗

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Beatrice Wood signature

49 catalogued lots by Beatrice Wood record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (50% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

lower right2
on the reverse2

Form

signed46
signed and dated3

Signed Beato 1993 in blue color pencil lower right. Titled, signed and dated in blue ink verso — Elizabeth realized she had a cold bed, Michaan's Auctions, Sep 18, 2021
Signed and dated lower right — In the Bath, Clarke Auction Gallery, Jan 7, 2018
Signed — Group of Six Vessels, Bonhams, Mar 19, 2026

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About Beatrice Wood

Beatrice Wood was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917. She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. She later worked at sculpture and pottery. Wood was characterized as the "Mama of Dada".

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