Nancy Graves
American · 1939–1995 · Painter, Printmaker
Nancy Graves was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and filmmaker known for her focus on natural phenomena like camels or maps of the Moon. Her works are included in… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
#2 Camouflage SeriesRago Auctions · $47,880≈ £37,574≈ €45,047Sign up to see
CircumfoliateBonhams · $40,960≈ £30,522≈ €35,313Sign up to see
Drinking His SighsRago Auctions · $33,280≈ £25,043≈ €29,244Sign up to see
Nancy Graves’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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- Lincoln Center Print, 1980Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $1,000–
- Column, 1979Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $20,000–30,000
- Urbscaleum, 1981Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $15,000–25,000
Also offered, result not published (7)
Lots by Nancy Graves that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
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Nancy Graves signature
19 catalogued lots by Nancy Graves record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (57% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.
Placement
Form
Signed, titled and dated "N.S. GRAVES 5-'80 "SQUARE ONE"" on the reverse
— Square One, Phillips, Sep 24, 2019Signed and dated upper left 10/3/79 N.S. Graves and inscribed
— Abstract Design, 1979 Signed and dated upper left 10/3/79 N.S. Graves and inscribed "To Carol with Love and Admiration", Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Feb 1, 2025Signed and dated lower right N.S.Graves '80
— Equivalent, Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Nov 21, 2024
About Nancy Graves
Nancy Graves was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and filmmaker known for her focus on natural phenomena like camels or maps of the Moon. Her works are included in many public collections, including those of the National Gallery of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra), the Des Moines Art Center, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and the Museum of Fine Arts. When Graves was just 29, she was given a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. At the time she was the youngest artist, and fifth woman to achieve this honor.
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