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Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report

Bob Chaplin

b. 1947

Profile
28
0–33 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.

Overall28

Composite Codex score

Institutional60

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market0

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum0

Recent activity and interest

Representation12

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#136,540Unclassified
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal1717 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median— tracked lots
Sell-throughRecent 3-year market
Social Signals
201Instagram followers24th percentile

Signal summary

Bob Chaplin: 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 (0 tracked lots). 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

Art Institute of ChicagoBarbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture GardenTateTate BritainTate LiverpoolTate Modern

Recent Exhibitions

  • No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally

Market profile

No recent public auction record is currently tracked in Codex. Sell-through: .
No annual auction series yet

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 No price band.

Global

No defensible cohort from current data.

Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

Career Stage Peers

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

Global

No defensible cohort from current data.

Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

Practice / Medium Peers

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

Global
  1. Gerhard Richter#1 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Iconicpainting · Photorealist (style), Conceptual · #1 Codex rank
  2. Yayoi Kusama#5 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Iconicpainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · #5 Codex rank
  3. Peter Doig#6 · Paintings · $250K–500K · Crown Point Press #32 · Iconicpainting · #6 Codex rank
  4. Jeff Koons#8 · Sculpture/objects · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Iconicsculpture · #8 Codex rank
  5. Takashi Murakami#9 · Paintings · $100K–250K · Gagosian #1 · Blue-Chippainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · #9 Codex rank
  6. Kerry James Marshall#10 · Paintings · $1M+ · Hauser & Wirth #3 · Iconicpainting · #10 Codex rank
  7. Maurizio Cattelan#12 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Gagosian #1 · Blue-Chipsculpture · #12 Codex rank
  8. Christopher Wool#13 · Paintings · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Establishedpainting · #13 Codex rank
  9. Mark Grotjahn#14 · Paintings · $1M+ · Gagosian #1 · Establishedpainting · #14 Codex rank
  10. Bob Chaplin
Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

Selected works

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

Museum Acquisitions

Top 1
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