George Herms
American · 1935–2026 · Sculptor
George Herbert Herms was an American artist best known for the assemblages he created out of discarded, often rusty, dirty or broken every-day objects, and juxtaposing those… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Three CrossLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $5,000≈ £3,985≈ €4,737Sign up to see
Tail LightLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $5,000≈ £3,794≈ €4,259Sign up to see
UntitledBonhams · $3,750≈ £2,584≈ €3,259Sign up to see
George Herms’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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- Love Ball, 1970$1,500≈ £1,267≈ €1,494Sign up free to see
- Untitled, 1966$1,000≈ £845≈ €996Sign up free to see
- Deputy Poundmaster, c. 1965$563≈ £476≈ €561Sign up free to see
- $625≈ £528≈ €622Sign up free to see
- August Blessings, 1972$125≈ £106≈ €124Sign up free to see
- Amen, 1967$1,063≈ £898≈ €1,059Sign up free to see
- Genevieve, 1962$2,750≈ £2,192≈ €2,605Sign up free to see
- Thirty-two Palm Songs, 1967-1971$500≈ £399≈ €474Sign up free to see
- Untitled, 1963$2,000≈ £1,594≈ €1,895Sign up free to see
- Untitled (Self-portrait), 1966$813≈ £648≈ €770Sign up free to see
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George Herms signature
4 catalogued lots by George Herms record a signature line. Most often: signed.
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Signed in pen lower right, dedicated to Herms friend on frame verso
— Post Conceptual, Michaan's Auctions, Oct 16, 2021Signed
— An Old Radio Show Box Canyon Rose with The Last of the Blue Margarita's, Bonhams, Mar 4, 2026Signed
— Flat World, Bonhams, Mar 4, 2026
About George Herms
George Herbert Herms was an American artist best known for the assemblages he created out of discarded, often rusty, dirty or broken every-day objects, and juxtaposing those objects so as to infuse them with poetry, humor, and meaning. He was also known for his works on paper, including works with ink, collage, drawing, paint, and poetry. The prolific Herms also created theater pieces, about which he said, "I treat it as a Joseph Cornell box big enough that you can walk around in. It's just a continuation of my sculpture, one year at a time." Prominent curator Walter Hopps, who met Herms in 1956, "placed Herms on a dazzling continuum of assemblage artists that includes Pablo Picasso, Kurt Schwitters, Marcel Duchamp, and Joseph Cornell, as well as California luminaries Wallace Berman and Edward Kienholz", according to the Santa Monica Museum of Art; the Museum identified Herms as a member of the West Coast Beat Generation, and said that he credited Wallace Berman with "teaching him that any object, even a mundane cast-off, could be of great interest if contextualized properly". "That’s my whole thing", Herms said. "I turn shit into gold.
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