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Ernest Trova #2,638Established

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personAmerican, 1927–2009
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Selected Works112

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney
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Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
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Whitney
MoMA
MoMA
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NGA Washington
NGA Washington

Previous Sales 39

Christie's
FM Study #172
FM Study #172, 1970
$9,400
May 2001
Christie's
Study Falling Man: Circular Grid
Study Falling Man: Circular Grid, 1964
$1,150
Feb 1999
Swann Auction Galleries
Falling Man Series, (#68).
Falling Man Series, (#68).
Unknown
May 2026
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Study/Falling Man (Zig Zag Figure)
Study/Falling Man (Zig Zag Figure)
Bought In
May 2021
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Study/Falling Man (Double Walking Figure)
Study/Falling Man (Double Walking Figure)
$6,875
Feb 2021
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Study/Falling Man (Figure in Sphere)
Study/Falling Man (Figure in Sphere)
$5,625
Feb 2021
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Falling Man (Suspended Relief)
Falling Man (Suspended Relief)
$630
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Study Falling Man (Standing Man with Disc)
Study Falling Man (Standing Man with Disc)
$7,560
Jan 1970
Wright
Study/Falling Man Profile Canto #83
Study/Falling Man Profile Canto #83
$2,500
Jan 1970
Christie's
Study/Falling Man (Wheelman)
Study/Falling Man (Wheelman), 1965
$19,050
Dec 2025
Sotheby's
Study/Falling Man (Wheelman)
Study/Falling Man (Wheelman), 1966
$63,500
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Walking Man
Walking Man, 1966
$6,350
May 2025
Christie's
Study/Falling Man (Reverse Flowerman)
Study/Falling Man (Reverse Flowerman), 1972
Bought In
Jul 2024
Sotheby's
Study/Falling Man (Walking Figure #2)
Study/Falling Man (Walking Figure #2), 1986
$25,400
Sep 2023
Sotheby's
Study/Falling Man (Tableman)
Study/Falling Man (Tableman), 1979
$8,255
Sep 2023
Sotheby's
Study/Fallimg Man (Flapman)
Study/Fallimg Man (Flapman), 1975
$5,334
Mar 2023
Bonhams
Falling Man Series
Falling Man Series, 1967
$3,187
Feb 2023
Bonhams
Untitled
Untitled
$3,570
Jan 2023
Bonhams
Untitled (Falling Man)
Untitled (Falling Man), 1969
$765
Nov 2022
Sotheby's
Study, Falling Man: 4-Sided Intaglio
Study, Falling Man: 4-Sided Intaglio, 1967
$1,386
Nov 2022
Sotheby's
Manscape
Manscape, 1967
$1,134
Nov 2022
Bonhams
ERNEST TROVA (1927-2009)
ERNEST TROVA (1927-2009), 1970
$7,650
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
F.M. Gox (Tristan Gox)
F.M. Gox (Tristan Gox), 1976
$4,032
Apr 2022
Sotheby's
Study/Falling Man (Flapman)
Study/Falling Man (Flapman), 1970
$11,340
Jul 2021
Bonhams
A 'Falling Man' pendant
A 'Falling Man' pendant, 1970
Bought In
Jun 2021

For Sale 7

SPONDER GALLERY · Artsy
Double Flapman
Double Flapman, 1983
Price on request
Stainless steel
SPONDER GALLERY · Artsy
Flowing Man
Flowing Man, 1972
Price on request
Stainless steel
Sponder Gallery · 1stDibs
Flowing Man
Flowing Man
$12,000
Sponder Gallery · 1stDibs
Double Flapman
Double Flapman
$55,000
Sponder Gallery · 1stDibs
Double Walking Figure
Double Walking Figure
$25,000
20CDesign.com · 1stDibs
Ernest Tino Trova — Falling Man Serigraph from 1969
Ernest Tino Trova — Falling Man Serigraph from 1969
$1,600
Gallery of the Masters · 1stDibs
The Encounter
The Encounter
For sale
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Market498 auction results

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$1.1K – $63.5K
16 of 18 sculpture/objects lots with prices
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$11.6K
Object-type specific
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$7.7K
16 priced sculpture/objects lots
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Dec 2025 · $19.1K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
categoryMarket by Object Type
Sculpture/objects: $7.7K medianPaintings: $3.6K medianEditioned prints: $2.0K medianBooks/portfolios: $2.3K medianUnclassified lots: $378 median
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Sotheby'sChristie'sIvey-SelkirkSelkirk Auctioneers & AppraisersLeland Little Auction & Estate Sales
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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions1

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#958 The Greenberg Gallery

The Iglesias/ Troubadour Series

Ernest Trova

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

Dec 3, 1983 — Jan 7, 1984

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Art Fair Appearances1

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Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2017
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Recent Activity4

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Art Fair
Seattle Art Fair 2017
Aug 3, 2017
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Ernest Trova dies
Jan 1, 2009
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Exhibition
The Iglesias/ Troubadour Series
Dec 3, 1983
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birth
Ernest Trova born
Jan 1, 1927
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