Hedda Sterne
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Hedda Sterne #1,228Blue-Chip

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personRomanian-American, 1910–2011
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Selected Works263

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 25

Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1987
$17,640
Feb 2025
Sotheby's
Road #7
Road #7, 1956
$818,000
Nov 2023
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1946
Bought In
Sep 2023
Sotheby's
Further I
Further I, 1985
$279,400
May 2023
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1983
$214,200
Mar 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1983
$352,800
Nov 2021
Sotheby's
Vertical Horizontal No. 15
Vertical Horizontal No. 15, 1962
$170,000
Oct 2021
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled
$8,125
Aug 2017
Christie's
Madame Haiman
Madame Haiman
$1,800
Oct 2006
Wright
Untitled
Untitled
$53,340
Jan 1970
Wright
Untitled
Untitled
$43,750
Jan 1970
Wright
Untitled (Tree)
Untitled (Tree)
$52,500
Jan 1970
Wright
Untitled Drawing (Blossoms)
Untitled Drawing (Blossoms)
$3,750
Jan 1970
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1990
Bought In
May 2025
Sotheby's
Tondo
Tondo, 1953
Bought In
May 2025
Phillips
Untitled
Untitled, 1978
$10,160
Feb 2025
Christie's
Untitled #1
Untitled #1, 1988
$81,900
Jul 2024
Sotheby's
NY XI
NY XI, 1955
$35,560
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1967
$17,780
Sep 2023
Christie's
Untitled #2
Untitled #2, 1988
$163,800
Jul 2023
Sotheby's
Portrait of Jeanne Owens
Portrait of Jeanne Owens, 1947
$40,320
Sep 2022
Sotheby's
New York VIII
New York VIII, 1955
$504,000
May 2022
Sotheby's
Vertical Horizon #3
Vertical Horizon #3, 1963
$100,800
Mar 2022
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Vertical-Horizontal, No. 7
Vertical-Horizontal, No. 7, 1982
Bidding closed
Oil and pastel on canvas
Victoria Miro · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1964
No longer available
Rapidograph ink on paper

For Sale 10

Victoria Miro · Artsy
Untitled (Tondo)
Untitled (Tondo), 1974
Inquire about availability
Acrylic on canvas
Mark Borghi · Artsy
Untitled (Blossoms)
Untitled (Blossoms), 1996
For sale
Graphite, oil stick and pastel on paper
Victoria Miro · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1970
Inquire about availability
Rapidograph ink on paper
Victoria Miro · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1970
Inquire about availability
Rapidograph ink on paper
Victoria Miro · Artsy
Untitled (Baldander)
Untitled (Baldander), 1970
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Rapidograph ink on paper
Victoria Miro · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1970
Inquire about availability
Rapidograph ink on paper
Berry Campbell Gallery · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1968
Price on request
Ink on paper
Victoria Miro · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1964
Inquire about availability
Rapidograph ink on paper
Victoria Miro · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1964
Inquire about availability
Rapidograph ink on paper
Victoria Miro · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1964
Inquire about availability
Rapidograph ink on paper
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Market35 auction results

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$1.8K – $818K
20 of 27 paintings lots with prices
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$161K
Object-type specific
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$214K
20 priced paintings lots
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Feb 2025 · $10.2K
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Paintings: $214K medianWorks on paper: $14.3K medianEditioned prints: $2.0K median
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Publications1

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Artists in Love
Rizzoli · 2016
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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News5

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Helen Frankenthaler at Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel has opened a major exhibition of Helen Frankenthaler's work, running from April 18 to August 23, 2026, featuring over 50 large-forma…
exhibitionsMay 17, 2026
Beer With a Painter: Keith Mayerson
Hyperallergic interviews Los Angeles-based painter Keith Mayerson, who discusses his ongoing 'My American Dream' series—a cosmology of paintings blend…
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david diao icons 2025
Artist David Diao reflects on his long engagement with Barnett Newman's work, from his 1966 experience as an art handler installing Newman's 'Stations…
cultureDec 12, 2025
New York Galleries: Openings and Closings of the Week (11/11—11/16)
newsNov 11, 2025
abstract artist rosemarie beck van doren waxter
Rosemarie Beck, a once-promising abstract painter celebrated in the 1940s and 1950s by the Whitney Museum and mentored by Robert Motherwell, abandoned…
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Past Exhibitions9

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#429 Van Doren Waxter

Hedda Sterne: Dreamscapes

Hedda Sterne

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Nov 13, 2025 — Jan 23, 2026

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#8,821 Nasui Collection & Gallery

Laboratorul de investigație suprarealistă: București 1933-1941

Hedda Sterne

70 Emil Racoviță str., vila 81A2, Ilfov

Jan 1, 2024 — Feb 26, 2024

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#20 Victoria Miro

Hedda Sterne: Metamorphoses

Hedda Sterne

Calle Drio la Chiesa, 1994, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

Nov 5, 2022 — Dec 10, 2022

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Norton Simon Museum

Ink, Paper, Stone: Six Women Artists and the Language of Lithography

Ruth Asawa, Eleanore Mikus, Louise Nevelson, Irene Siegel, Hedda Sterne

411 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA

Oct 14, 2022 — Feb 13, 2023

Ruth Asawa, Gego, Eleanore Mikus, Louise Nevelson, Irene Siegel, Hedda Sterne — October 14, 2022 – February 13, 2023

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#429 Van Doren Waxter

Hedda Sterne Architecture of the Mind

Hedda Sterne

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Oct 28, 2021 — Dec 23, 2021

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#429 Van Doren Waxter

Hedda Sterne Patterns of Thought Paintings from 1985 - 1989

Hedda Sterne

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Oct 7, 2020 — Oct 24, 2020

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#429 Van Doren Waxter

Hedda Sterne Structures & Landscapes 1950 - 1968

Hedda Sterne

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Nov 1, 2018 — Dec 22, 2018

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#429 Van Doren Waxter

Drawings 1967 | Special Presentation

Hedda Sterne

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Feb 16, 2018 — Apr 26, 2018

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#429 Van Doren Waxter

Hedda Sterne Machines 1947-1951

Hedda Sterne

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Mar 10, 2016 — May 7, 2016

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Art Fair Appearances3

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Art Basel — Basel
2025
The Armory Show — New York
2024
Art Basel Paris — Paris
2023
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Recent Activity20

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Helen Frankenthaler at Kunstmuseum Basel
May 17, 2026
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Beer With a Painter: Keith Mayerson
May 12, 2026
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david diao icons 2025
Dec 12, 2025
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Exhibition
Hedda Sterne: Dreamscapes
Nov 13, 2025
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New York Galleries: Openings and Closings of the Week (11/11—11/16)
Nov 11, 2025
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News
abstract artist rosemarie beck van doren waxter
Jun 23, 2025
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2025
Jun 19, 2025
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Art Fair
The Armory Show 2024
Sep 6, 2024
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Exhibition
Laboratorul de investigație suprarealistă: București 1933-1941
Jan 1, 2024
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Art Fair
Art Basel Paris 2023
Oct 18, 2023
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Exhibition
Hedda Sterne: Metamorphoses
Nov 5, 2022
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Exhibition
Ink, Paper, Stone: Six Women Artists and the Language of Lithography
Oct 14, 2022
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Exhibition
Hedda Sterne Architecture of the Mind
Oct 28, 2021
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Exhibition
Hedda Sterne Patterns of Thought Paintings from 1985 - 1989
Oct 7, 2020
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Exhibition
Structures & Landscapes 1950 - 1968: 2nd Floor
Nov 1, 2018
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Exhibition
Hedda Sterne Structures & Landscapes 1950 - 1968
Nov 1, 2018
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Exhibition
Drawings 1967 | Special Presentation
Feb 16, 2018
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Exhibition
Hedda Sterne Machines 1947-1951
Mar 10, 2016
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Hedda Sterne dies
Jan 1, 2011
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birth
Hedda Sterne born
Jan 1, 1910
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