Lawrence Weiner
American · 1942–2021 · Painter, Sculptor
Lawrence Charles Weiner was an artist born and raised in New York City. One of the central figures in the formation of Conceptual Art in the 1960s, Lawrence Weiner explored the… (Wikipedia)
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HARD AS A ROCK OR (ASSUMING THE POSITION) SOFT AS SILK PUT TOGETHER OR (ASSUMING THE POSITION) SPREAD APART PLACED ON TOP OR (ASSUMING THE POSITION) PLACED BELOW TOSSED ASIDE OR (ASSUMING THE POSITION) CARRIED ALONGPhillips · $175,000≈ £134,896≈ €156,474Sign up to see
Preparatory Drawings For Gyroscopically SpeakingPhillips · $81,900≈ £60,766≈ €72,190Sign up to see
VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE SAME THINGPhillips · $77,400≈ £58,406≈ €67,877Sign up to see
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- $81,900≈ £60,766≈ €72,190Sign up free to see
- €446≈ $518≈ £377Sign up free to see
- Untitled, 1991$3,276≈ £2,369≈ €2,811Sign up free to see
- $563≈ £413≈ €487Sign up free to see
- Water Under the Bridge, c. 1986$5,500≈ £3,913≈ €4,542Sign up free to see
- Untitled (from XY & Z), 2007$500≈ £356≈ €413Sign up free to see
- $188≈ £134≈ €155Sign up free to see
- £1,386≈ $1,901≈ €1,564Sign up free to see
- Chicago, 1987€3,750≈ $4,560≈ £3,386Sign up free to see
- $256≈ £193≈ €216Sign up free to see
Lawrence Weiner works on paper (22)Lawrence Weiner gouaches (8)Lawrence Weiner drawings (7)Lawrence Weiner prints (44)Lawrence Weiner lithographs (13)Lawrence Weiner screenprints (16)Lawrence Weiner multiples (4)
Lawrence Weiner signature
42 catalogued lots by Lawrence Weiner record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (58% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.
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Form
Signed, inscribed, dedicated and dated "FOR J.O. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FEB 97 L.W. NYC." lower right
— Written in the Sand, Written on the Wind, Phillips, Sep 21, 2026Signed with the artist's initials, inscribed and dated 'LW NYC 1986' lower edge of the left part; signed with the artist's initials, titled, inscribed and dated
— Water Under The Bridge, Phillips, Mar 3, 2026Signed with the artist's initials, inscribed and dated "L.W. A'DAM 89." lower right of each sheet
— Easy Come, Easy Go, Phillips, Sep 23, 2024
About Lawrence Weiner
Lawrence Charles Weiner was an artist born and raised in New York City. One of the central figures in the formation of Conceptual Art in the 1960s, Lawrence Weiner explored the potentials of language as a sculptural medium. For him language could be presented in any format able to discourse with typical art subjects such as: language installed on a wall, printed as text in a book or catalog, spoken or performed in a film, spoken aloud in conversation, simply remembered, et cetera; as Lawrence explains in 1970:"As to construction please remember that... there is no correct way to construct the piece as there is no incorrect way to construct it. If the piece is built it constitutes not how the piece looks but only how it could look."
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In museum collections
Smashed to pieces (in the still of the night), 1991
Wikimedia Commons · Public domainEen verzameling van ..., 1981
Kröller-Müller Museum · Public domain
