Carol Bove — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works48

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

SFMOMA

Princeton University Art Museum

MCA Chicago

Yale University Art Gallery

Guggenheim

Previous Sales 25

Christie's

Phillips

Christie's

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Phillips

Sotheby's

Flora's Pendant, 2012

$53,340

Feb 2025

Phillips

Second Blue Sweater, 2015

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Solar Feminine, 2013

Phillips

Phillips

Childhood memory of a woman who brought candy, 2014

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Third Red Sweater Painting, 2015

Bought In

Nov 2022

Sotheby's

Dressing Room, 2017

$787,500

Nov 2022

Christie's

Shrine to Eris, 2010

Phillips

Christie's

Small Prudence, 2014

Christie's

Sotheby's

Sotheby's: Contemporary Art Day Auction · Artsy

Untitled, 2014

Bidding closed

Peacock feathers on linen in Plexiglas vitrine

Blackbird Rook · Artsy

Untitled, 2005

No longer available

Printed paper in ‘Snap in a Box’ found cubes

Phillips · Artsy

Sand Dollar Sculpture, 2008

Bidding closed

Sand dollar and brass

Phillips · Artsy

Untitled (Martha Rosler Collage), 2001

Bidding closed

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$75.2K

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$44.5K

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Mar 2026 · $37.6K

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Sotheby'sChristie'sPhillipsPhillips de Pury & CompanyWright

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Galleries2

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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts No. 89: Carol Bove, Liza Lou The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Nov 2, 2014

Episode No. 89 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artists Carol Bove and Liza Lou. Bove is soon to be the subject of two New York solo shows: The Museum of Modern Art will open “Carol Bove: The Equinox,” an arrange…

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Biennial Selections1

documenta — Kassel

2012 · documenta (13) · curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev

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Exhibition Catalog 2

La Genevoise: Carte Blanche à Carol Bove Author

Hatje Cantz · 2026

La Genevoise: Carte Blanche to Carol Bove Author

Hatje Cantz · 2026

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Past Exhibitions8

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#26 Esther Schipper

Carol Bove

via lift or stairs, Potsdamer Str. 81e/Top floor / Obergeschoss, 10785 Berlin, Germany

Mar 5, 2026 — Jun 3, 2026

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#3,292 Fleiss-Vallois

Carol Bove

1018 Madison Ave 5th & 6th floors, New York, NY 10075, USA

Mar 5, 2026 — Jun 3, 2026

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#1 Gagosian

Carol Bove: Nights of Cabiria

Carol Bove

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Sep 25, 2025 — Nov 1, 2025

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#1 Gagosian

Carol Bove The Machine Age

Carol Bove

Gstaad-Saanen Airport, Oeystrasse 29, 3792 Saanen, Switzerland

Feb 9, 2024 — Mar 24, 2024

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#1 Gagosian

Carol Bove: Hardware Romance

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 3, 2023 — Jan 27, 2024

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Carol Bove and John Chamberlain

Carol Bove, John Chamberlain

151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Jul 27, 2019 — Jul 26, 2020

Carol Bove and John Chamberlain Converse July 27, 2019–July 26, 2020

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The Contemporary Austin

Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria

Ai Weiwei, Terry Allen, Carol Bove, Sarah Crowner, Tom Friedman, Anya Gallaccio, Ryan Gander, Liam Gillick, Nancy Holt, Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, Laura Lit, Paul McCarthy

Jan 1, 2017

Wangechi Mutu, Water Woman, 2017. Bronze. 36 x 65 x 70 inches. Edition 2 of 3, with 2 AP. Collection of The Contemporary Austin. Purchased with funds provide...

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Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Momentum 1: Carol Bove

Carol Bove

25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, MA 02210, USA

Jan 1, 2004

Momentum 1: Carol Bove May 26 – Sep 6, 2004 Momentum, a new series of exhibitions at the ICA focusing on significant new work by emerging artists form the Un...

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