Nick Cave

American · b. 1959 · Sculptor

African-American fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist (born 1959)

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12auction results2014–2025years recorded100%sold (12)$48.8kSign up free to seemedian price

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Record prices

  1. Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2010, mixed media and mannequinSoundsuitPhillips · $190,500≈ £142,954≈ €169,877Sign up to see
  2. Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2015, twig, wire, metal, fabric and mannequin, on painted wooden baseSoundsuitPhillips · £82,550≈ $101,619≈ €95,695Sign up to see
  3. Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2010, mixed media including hair and sequined appliqués, metal and mannequinSoundsuitRago Auctions · $101,600≈ £75,798≈ €89,745Sign up to see

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African-American fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist (born 1959)

Born 1959, FultonOccupation SculptorWikidata Q24218 ↗ULAN 500294218 ↗

In the collections of

Art Institute of ChicagoHessel Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtNational Gallery of VictoriaPhiladelphia Museum of ArtSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumStudio Museum in HarlemWhitney Museum of American Art

Museum representation from open data (Wikidata, museum collection datasets); links go to the museum or its collection record.

contemporary art

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Related artists — American, born 1934–1984