Ann Messner
Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report

Ann Messner

American · b. 1952

Profile
42
34–51 band

Discovery profile: limited tracked signals

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 12, 2026.

Overall42

Composite Codex score

Institutional46

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market23

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum0

Recent activity and interest

Representation12

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#28,788Mid-Career
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal00 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median$120Sculpture/objects · 1 priced
Sell-through100%Top house: Christie's
Social Signals
212Instagram followers25th percentile

Signal summary

Ann Messner: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence:
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (1 tracked lot). No tracked museum acquisition record yet. No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.

Representation

  • No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex

Institutional holdings

No acquisition institutions tracked yet

Recent Exhibitions

  • No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally

Market profile

Category-aware market read: Sculpture/objects median: $120 (1 priced). Sell-through: 100%. Historical record: $2.5K at Phillips (Apr 26, 2008).
Annual median hammer price, USD
$120$60$0
$120
2024

Education & awards

  • No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

  • No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

  • No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex

Peer bands

Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.

Price Band Peers

Comparable contemporary artists clustered around Under $5K in sculpture/objects.

Global
  1. James Wines#1,339 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Fredric Snitzer Gallery #134 · Established contemporarysculpture · Under $5K sculpture/objects · 1 recent/priced lots
  2. Allen Ruppersberg#1,647 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Joni Moisant Weyl #35 · Early/mid-careersculpture · Under $5K sculpture/objects
  3. Anthea Hamilton#1,993 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Thomas Dane Gallery #19 · Early/mid-careersculpture · Under $5K sculpture/objects · 1 recent/priced lots
  4. Ann Messner
Regional
  1. James Wines#1,339 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Fredric Snitzer Gallery #134 · Established contemporarysculpture · Under $5K sculpture/objects · 1 recent/priced lots
  2. Allen Ruppersberg#1,647 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Joni Moisant Weyl #35 · Early/mid-careersculpture · Under $5K sculpture/objects
  3. Ann Messner

Career Stage Peers

Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (career stage unknown).

Peer set
  1. James Wines#1,339 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Fredric Snitzer Gallery #134 · Established contemporarysculpture · established contemporary · 45 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  2. Luis Gispert#1,411 · Sculpture/objects · $10K–25K · Fredric Snitzer Gallery #134 · Mid-careersculpture · mid-career · 17 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  3. Nancy Rubins#1,592 · Sculpture/objects · $10K–25K · Gagosian #1 · Established contemporarysculpture · established contemporary · 31 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  4. Jen Stark#1,782 · Sculpture/objects · $25K–50K · Wilding Cran Gallery #373 · Early/mid-careersculpture · early/mid-career · 8 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  5. Misha Kahn#1,847 · Sculpture/objects · $10K–25K · Friedman Benda #374 · Early/mid-careersculpture · early/mid-career · 7 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  6. Marianne Vitale#1,921 · Sculpture/objects · $10K–25K · The Journal Gallery #41 · Emergingsculpture · emerging · 1 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  7. Douglas Abdell#3,064 · Sculpture/objects · $25K–50K · Ab-Anbar #625 · Emergingsculpture · emerging · 5 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  8. Elizabeth Turk#3,318 · Sculpture/objects · $10K–25K · Hirschl & Adler Modern #661 · Mid-careersculpture · mid-career · 18 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  9. Lesley Dill#3,552 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Arthur Roger Gallery #392 · Emergingsculpture · emerging · 1 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  10. Ann Messner

Practice / Medium Peers

Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.

Peer set
  1. Jeff Koons#8 · Sculpture/objects · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Mid-careersculpture · shared regional context · #8 Codex rank
  2. Jenny Holzer#52 · Sculpture/objects · $25K–50K · Hauser & Wirth #3 · Established contemporarysculpture · Conceptual · shared regional context · #52 Codex rank
  3. Simone Leigh#105 · Sculpture/objects · $1M+ · Matthew Marks Gallery #77 · Early/mid-careersculpture · shared regional context · #105 Codex rank
  4. Kiki Smith#146 · Sculpture/objects · $10K–25K · Pace #2 · Emergingsculpture · shared regional context · #146 Codex rank
  5. Sasha Stiles#2,963 · Sculpture/objects · $10K–25K · Galerie Brigitte Schenk #940 · Emergingsculpture · shared regional context · #2,963 Codex rank
  6. Douglas Abdell#3,064 · Sculpture/objects · $25K–50K · Ab-Anbar #625 · Emergingsculpture · shared regional context · #3,064 Codex rank
  7. Elizabeth Turk#3,318 · Sculpture/objects · $10K–25K · Hirschl & Adler Modern #661 · Mid-careersculpture · shared regional context · #3,318 Codex rank
  8. Deborah Luster#3,467 · Sculpture/objects · $50K–100K · Jack Shainman Gallery #59 · Career stage unknownsculpture · shared regional context · #3,467 Codex rank
  9. Lesley Dill#3,552 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Arthur Roger Gallery #392 · Emergingsculpture · shared regional context · #3,552 Codex rank
  10. Ann Messner

Selected works

Top five visible works from each Codex selected-works category, ordered by the same priority used on the artist profile.

Previous Sales

Top 1
Sotheby's
Private object (headphones)
Private object (headphones), 1991
$120
Jun 2024
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