Balcomb Greene
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Balcomb Greene #2,294Established

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personAmerican, 1904–1990
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Selected Works88

Museum Acquisitions

22 Institutions
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
MoMA
MoMA
MoMA
NGA Washington
Met
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Cleveland Museum of Art
Birmingham Museum of Art
Cincinnati Art Museum
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Portland Art Museum
Yale University Art Gallery
High Museum
Parrish Art Museum
Parrish Art Museum
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Zimmerli Art Museum
Memphis Art Museum
Williams College Museum of Art
Lowe Art Museum

Previous Sales 31

Sotheby's
Naked Figure
Naked Figure
$2,000
Mar 2021
Christie's
Girl from the Ecole St. Ursula
Girl from the Ecole St. Ursula, 1974
$3,250
Feb 2016
Christie's
Rising Sun
Rising Sun
$2,750
Oct 2013
Christie's
Mountains by the Sea
Mountains by the Sea, 1965
$5,250
Jan 2013
Christie's
Darkness and Light
Darkness and Light
$2,000
Jan 2013
Christie's
The Granite Cliffs
The Granite Cliffs, 1978
$11,875
Apr 2012
Christie's
Afternoon by the sea
Afternoon by the sea, 1969
$5,625
Apr 2012
Christie's
The cliff at morning
The cliff at morning
$5,625
Apr 2012
Christie's
The cliffs
The cliffs, 1978
$5,625
Apr 2012
Christie's
Seascape
Seascape
$5,250
Jan 2012
Christie's
The Dark Sea
The Dark Sea
$5,000
Jan 2012
Christie's
Gertrude III
Gertrude III, 1957
$3,000
Jan 2012
Christie's
Untitled #38-05
Untitled #38-05, 1938
$3,750
Jan 2009
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Wind, Ocean, Sun
Wind, Ocean, Sun
$4,128
Nov 2023
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Two Figures
Two Figures
$1,290
Nov 2023
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
The Cliffs
The Cliffs
$3,276
Aug 2023
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Driftwood Cove
Driftwood Cove
$1,890
Aug 2023
Rago Arts and Auction Center
River Town
River Town
Bought In
Jan 1970
Bonhams
Untitled #18
Untitled #18, 1935
$3,825
Aug 2022
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Wind, Ocean, Fog (No. 2)
Wind, Ocean, Fog (No. 2), 1963
Bidding closed
Oil on canvas (framed)
Doyle · Artsy
Sea Coast
Sea Coast
Bidding closed
Oil on canvas
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
The City and the Mountain
The City and the Mountain, 1964
Bidding closed
Oil on canvas
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Figure
Figure, 1960
Bidding closed
Oil on canvas
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1980
Bidding closed
Oil on canvas
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Sleeping on the Beach II
Sleeping on the Beach II, 1969
Bidding closed
Oil on canvas

For Sale 1

Lincoln Glenn · 1stDibs
"Composition" Balcomb Greene, Geometric Abstract, Early Modernist Composition
"Composition" Balcomb Greene, Geometric Abstract, Early Modernist Composition
$45,000
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Market107 auction results

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$1.3K – $11.9K
4 of 4 paintings lots with prices
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$4.3K
Object-type specific
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$2.6K
4 priced paintings lots
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Nov 2023 · $1.3K
Latest priced sale: Two Figures
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Paintings: $2.6K medianWorks on paper: $3.8K median
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Doyle New YorkSotheby'sShannon's Fine Art AuctioneersChristie'sButterfields
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Prizes & Awards1

Beck Gold Medal
Winner 1962
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Past Exhibitions1

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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Bouquets to Art 2025

Isaac Julien, Rudy Autio, Howard Ben Tré, Lino Tagliapietra, Dale Chihuly, Nicolas Africano, Mary Ann “Toots” Zynsky, Ed Ruscha, Charles Green Shaw, Balcomb Greene, Florine Stettheimer, George C. Ault

50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA

Jan 1, 2025

Bouquets to Art 2025 Jun 3 – Jun 8, 2025 de Young Legion of Honor

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Art Fair Appearances3

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TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2026
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2025
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2024
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Recent Activity7

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Art Fair
TEFAF Maastricht 2026
Mar 14, 2026
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Art Fair
TEFAF Maastricht 2025
Mar 15, 2025
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Exhibition
Bouquets to Art 2025
Jan 1, 2025
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Art Fair
Frieze Seoul 2024
Sep 4, 2024
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Balcomb Greene dies
Jan 1, 1990
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Beck Gold Medal 1962
Dec 1, 1962
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birth
Balcomb Greene born
Jan 1, 1904
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