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Selected Works278

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 111

Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1978
$7,620
May 2026
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1985
€13,860 ($15k USD)
Nov 2024
Christie's
Tree of Life #6
Tree of Life #6, 2020
HK$1,260,000 ($161k USD)
May 2023
Christie's
Influence
Influence, 1980
£62,500 ($83k USD)
Jul 2021
Christie's
Smells burns in vacant
Smells burns in vacant, 1982
€87,500 ($96k USD)
Jun 2020
Christie's
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky, 1998
£162,500 ($215k USD)
Feb 2020
Christie's
Picture Builder
Picture Builder, 1993
£225,000 ($297k USD)
Jun 2019
Christie's
Lola Remake
Lola Remake, 1993
$300,000
May 2019
Christie's
The Marionette Theatre
The Marionette Theatre, 1987
$187,500
May 2019
Christie's
Bigger Rack
Bigger Rack, 1998
£515,250 ($680k USD)
Mar 2019
Christie's
Sestina
Sestina, 2002
$162,500
Nov 2018
Christie's
Exit Weeping
Exit Weeping, 1993
£137,500 ($182k USD)
Oct 2018
Christie's
Dean Martin in 'Some Came Running'
Dean Martin in 'Some Came Running', 1990
£308,750 ($408k USD)
Oct 2018
Christie's
Homage To Richard
Homage To Richard, 1996
£187,500 ($248k USD)
Jun 2018
Christie's
Drink
Drink, 1990
£125,000 ($165k USD)
Mar 2018
Christie's
Old Bottles
Old Bottles, 1995
£356,750 ($471k USD)
Mar 2018
Christie's
The Flagrant Eyeball
The Flagrant Eyeball, 1987
$225,000
Mar 2018
Christie's
Folded (Mirror)
Folded (Mirror), 2000
$106,250
Nov 2017
Christie's
Mingus in Mexico
Mingus in Mexico, 1990
£608,750 ($804k USD)
Oct 2017
Christie's
A Couple of Centuries
A Couple of Centuries, 1982
£308,750 ($408k USD)
Oct 2017
Christie's
Footmen
Footmen, 1986
$583,500
May 2017
Christie's
Figure and Lemons
Figure and Lemons, 2003
£6,875 ($9k USD)
Nov 2016
Christie's
Brasserie Lorraine
Brasserie Lorraine, 1995
$88,900
Nov 2012
Christie's
Drunken Sailor
Drunken Sailor, 1991
£46,850 ($62k USD)
Jun 2011
Christie's
Bartons
Bartons, 1997
$146,500
Nov 2010

For Sale 3

Thaddaeus Ropac · Artsy
N.P. Intrigue
N.P. Intrigue, 2025
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Oil, acrylic, flashe, and charcoal on archival UV print on linen
Thaddaeus Ropac · Artsy
Power Suit
Power Suit, 2025
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Oil, acrylic, flashe, and charcoal on archival UV print on linen
Heather James Fine Art · 1stDibs
Untitled
Untitled
$20,000
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$141K
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$88.5K
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Feb 2026 · $15.4K
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Paintings: $88.5K medianWorks on paper: $6.6K medianSculpture/objects: $107K medianPhotographs: — medianEditioned prints: $1.7K medianEditioned objects: $2.0K medianPosters/ephemera: $8.3K medianBooks/portfolios: — median
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Galleries2

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Podcast Interviews3

podcasts Live from LACMA: David Salle and Yana Peel CHANEL Connects · Mar 19, 2026
In this episode, listeners meet renowned painter and critic David Salle. For more than five decades, the artist has been creating across disciplines: on the canvas, behind the camera, and now, in dialogue with artificial…
 podcasts The Art World: In Other Words, Uncovering the Great Art of the 2000s with David Salle and Alison Gingeras (Part 2) The Art World: What If...?! · Mar 7, 2017
In this third episode of "In Other Words," host Charlotte Burns, senior editor at AAP, welcomes artist David Salle, curator Alison Gingeras and Allan Schwartzman, co-founder of AAP and chairman of the Fine Arts Division …
 podcasts The Art World: In Other Words, Uncovering the Great Artists of the 2000s with David Salle and Alison Gingeras The Art World: What If...?! · Feb 21, 2017
In this second episode of "In Other Words," host Charlotte Burns, senior editor at AAP, welcomes artist David Salle, curator Alison Gingeras and Allan Schwartzman, co-founder of AAP and chairman of the Fine Arts Division…
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Education2

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
Valencia, CA, USA
three years
BFA
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Publications3

Monograph 1

Nicole Wittenberg Author
Phaidon Press

Exhibition Catalog 2

Ahead of the 21st century Author
Hatje Cantz · 2003
David Salle Author
Hatje Cantz · 2003
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Current Exhibitions1

Palazzo Cini

Painting in the Present Tense

David Salle

May 6, 2026 — Sep 27, 2026

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Past Exhibitions18

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#13 Sprüth Magers

David Salle: My Frankenstein

David Salle

Oranienburger Str. 18, 10178 Berlin, Germany

Feb 24, 2026 — Apr 25, 2026

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#9 Thaddaeus Ropac

David Salle Some Versions of Pastoral

David Salle

Ely House, 37 Dover St, London W1S 4NJ, United Kingdom

Apr 10, 2025 — Jun 8, 2025

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#9 Thaddaeus Ropac

David Salle Tree of Life, This Time with Feeling

David Salle

7 Rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris, France

Jan 21, 2023 — Mar 4, 2023

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#209 Skarstedt

David Salle: Tree of Life

David Salle

19 East 64th Street

Sep 17, 2021 — Oct 30, 2021

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#9 Thaddaeus Ropac

Self–ironing Pants and Other Paintings

David Salle

7 Rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris, France

Jan 25, 2020 — Feb 29, 2020

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#209 Skarstedt

David Salle Musicality and Humour

David Salle

3rd Floor, 15 Old Bond St, London W1S 4PR, UK

Mar 5, 2019 — May 11, 2019

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#209 Skarstedt

David Salle Paintings 1985-1995

David Salle

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Apr 26, 2018 — Jun 29, 2018

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#209 Skarstedt

David Salle Ham and Cheese and Other Paintings

David Salle

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Sep 14, 2017 — Nov 4, 2017

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#9 Thaddaeus Ropac

David Salle New Paintings

David Salle

7 Rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris, France

Jan 21, 2017 — Mar 4, 2017

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#15 Lehmann Maupin

David Salle

David Salle

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

Sep 8, 2016 — Nov 12, 2016

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#23 Mendes Wood DM

Collage

David Salle

Rua Iramaia 105

Feb 15, 2014 — Mar 22, 2014

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#209 Skarstedt

David Salle Ghost Paintings

David Salle

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Nov 8, 2013 — Dec 21, 2013

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#9 Thaddaeus Ropac

David Salle David Salle / Francis Picabia

David Salle

7 Rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris, France

Jan 23, 2013 — Feb 23, 2013

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#9 Thaddaeus Ropac

Paris Opera Paintings

David Salle

7 Rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris, France

Mar 2, 2004 — Apr 17, 2004

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#16 Templon

Fantomas Paintings

David Salle

30 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris, France

Apr 22, 1992 — May 30, 1992

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#1,017 Castelli Gallery

David Salle

David Salle

18 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Apr 5, 1986 — May 3, 1986

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The Greenberg Gallery

New Work

David Salle

230 S Bemiston Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA

Feb 26, 1983 — Apr 2, 1983

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#209 Skarstedt

David Salle Works on Paper

David Salle

19 East 64th Street

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Art Fair Appearances16

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ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2026
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2026
Frieze Los Angeles — Los Angeles
2026
Art Basel — Basel
2025
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2025
ART SG — Singapore
2025
Frieze Los Angeles — Los Angeles
2025
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2025
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
ART SG — Singapore
2024
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2024
The Armory Show — New York
2024
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2023
Art Basel — Basel
2022
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2022
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2022
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Recent Activity20

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David Salle Works on Paper
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May 24, 2026
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May 11, 2026
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May 10, 2026
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May 2, 2026
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I quasi sessant’anni di carriera del leggendario gallerista Enzo Cannaviello. Intervista a tutto campo
Apr 15, 2026
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'10 Years LA!' at Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, United States on 15 May–8 Aug 2026
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Apr 6, 2026
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Art Basel Hong Kong 2026
Mar 27, 2026
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Mar 24, 2026
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