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Cornelia Parker, The Folkestone Mermaid

Cornelia Parker

British · b. 1956 · Printmaker, Sculptor

Cornelia Ann Parker is an English visual artist, best known for her sculpture and installation art. (Wikipedia)

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16lots offered2016–2026years recorded93%sold (14)$618Sign up free to seemedian price

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  1. Cornelia Parker, Falling Facade, 1991, stretched silver trophies, easel and mirrorFalling FacadePhillips · £20,000≈ $25,970≈ €22,579Sign up to see
  2. Cornelia Parker, Right, Wrong 2019, 2019, embroidery on linenRight, Wrong 2019Menzies · A$24,545≈ $16,382≈ £13,289≈ €15,103Sign up to see
  3. Cornelia Parker, Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass (all that are left), 2016, polymer photogravure etching on paperFox Talbot's Articles of Glass (all that are left)Phillips · £4,410≈ $5,850≈ €5,353Sign up to see

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Cornelia Parker, The Blue Room, 2008, lithograph, ed. 53/60
The Blue Room, 2008
Leonard Joel · Sep 8, 2026
A$450Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, STOLEN THUNDER, Digital pigment print, 60/100
STOLEN THUNDER
Lyon & Turnbull · Mar 31, 2026
£356Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, ONE DAY THIS GLASS WILL BREAK, Digital print, 6/100
ONE DAY THIS GLASS WILL BREAK
Lyon & Turnbull · Mar 31, 2026
£381Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, The Hours, 2022, Polymer gravure, on Magnani paper, the full sheet
The Hours, 2022
Phillips · Sep 18, 2025
£1,935Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Dust Breeding (On Judd), 2001, digital print
Dust Breeding (On Judd), 2001
Rago Auctions · Apr 8, 2024
$441Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Right, Wrong 2019, 2019, embroidery on linen
Right, Wrong 2019, 2019
Menzies · Mar 29, 2023
A$24,545Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass (all that are left), 2016, polymer photogravure etching on paper
Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass (all that are left), 2016
Phillips · Mar 4, 2022
£4,410Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View. A Work in Progress, 2016, The complete set of three archival pigment prints, on Hahnemühle paper, the full sheets
Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View. A Work in Progress, 2016
Phillips · Jan 19, 2022
£693Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Untitled, Cornelia Parker (b.1956) 'One Day this Glass will Break' offset print
Untitled
Sworders · Nov 1, 2020
£280Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Dust Breeding (on Judd), 2001, Digital print in colors, on glossy wove paper, the full sheet
Dust Breeding (on Judd), 2001
Phillips · Oct 22, 2020
$441Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Stolen Thunder III (Red Spot), Digital pigment print, from an edition of 100
Stolen Thunder III (Red Spot)
Lyon & Turnbull · Jan 15, 2020
£563Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Falling Facade, 1991, stretched silver trophies, easel and mirror
Falling Facade, 1991
Phillips · Oct 4, 2018
£20,000Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Pornographic Drawing, 2000, Lithograph, on wove paper, with full margins
Pornographic Drawing, 2000
Phillips · Jun 7, 2018
£313Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Unconscious of a Monument, 2003, drawings made with earth from Freud's Garden
Unconscious of a Monument, 2003
Phillips · Sep 20, 2016
$3,500Sign up free to see
Cornelia Parker, Meteorite Lands on Bagdad, Louisiana; Meteorite Misses Roswell, New Mexico; Meteorite Misses Waco, Texas; and Meteorite Misses Truth + Consequences, New Mexico, from Meteorite Lands....in the Middle of Nowhere, 2001, Four open road maps with scorch and burn marks
Meteorite Lands on Bagdad, Louisiana; Meteorite Misses Roswell, New Mexico; Meteorite Misses Waco, Texas; and Meteorite Misses Truth + Consequences, New Mexico, from Meteorite Lands....in the Middle of Nowhere, 2001
Phillips · Jan 23, 2020

Works in museum collections

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Cornelia Parker, The Folkestone Mermaid
The Folkestone Mermaid2011
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CC BY 3.0 · Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

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