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Selected Works183

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Previous Sales 58

Sotheby's
Flat Battered Boy
Flat Battered Boy, 2008
CHF 2,000 ($2k USD)
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Nineteen Combs
Nineteen Combs, 2007
Unknown
Feb 2021
Christie's
2-256 (Second Version)
2-256 (Second Version)
$5,625
Nov 2019
Christie's
Upside Down Devil
Upside Down Devil, 1996
$5,250
Mar 2018
Christie's
Juno placing the eyes of Argus on the tail of a peacock
Juno placing the eyes of Argus on the tail of a peacock
$60,000
Oct 2017
Christie's
A bullfight between the contrade in the Piazza del Campo, Siena
A bullfight between the contrade in the Piazza del Campo, Siena
£245,000 ($323k USD)
May 2017
Christie's
Small Double Recursive Combs
Small Double Recursive Combs
$6,250
Jul 2014
Christie's
Sending Four
Sending Four
$6,000
Mar 2012
Christie's
Esther before Ahasuerus
Esther before Ahasuerus
£79,250 ($105k USD)
Dec 2010
Christie's
The Madonna and Child with the martyred Saint Cecilia and infant angels
The Madonna and Child with the martyred Saint Cecilia and infant angels
£79,250 ($105k USD)
Jul 2008
Christie's
Saint Augustine, a pinnacle of the Borgo Sansepolcro Altarpiece
Saint Augustine, a pinnacle of the Borgo Sansepolcro Altarpiece
€1,136,000 ($1.2M USD)
Apr 2006
Christie's
The Nativity
The Nativity
€144,000 ($158k USD)
Apr 2006
Christie's
The Meeting of Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Paul the Hermit
The Meeting of Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Paul the Hermit
$4,200
Jan 2005
Christie's
The Madonna and Child
The Madonna and Child
£15,535 ($21k USD)
Jul 2003
Christie's
The Madonna and Child enthroned with angels
The Madonna and Child enthroned with angels
$130,500
Jan 2003
Christie's
Tulips, carnations, irises, daffodils, hyacinths and other flowers in three ornamental silver-gilt standing cups with a parrot and a chained squirrel
Tulips, carnations, irises, daffodils, hyacinths and other flowers in three ornamental silver-gilt standing cups with a parrot and a chained squirrel
£342,500 ($452k USD)
Dec 1999
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Battery Variation I and Battery Variation III
Battery Variation I and Battery Variation III
$3,000
Mar 2011
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Eight Directions
Eight Directions
$2,261
Jan 1970
Wright
Four Line Way
Four Line Way
$5,080
Jan 1970
Wright
Connected S-Hooks, Shaded
Connected S-Hooks, Shaded
$2,244
Jan 1970
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Perpendicular Division by Two
Perpendicular Division by Two
$1,207
Jan 1970
Rago Arts and Auction Center
2.8.03; Non-Personage, with Gouache; Non-Personage, with Gouache, Second Version (three works)
2.8.03; Non-Personage, with Gouache; Non-Personage, with Gouache, Second Version (three works)
$1,016
Jan 1970
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Two Opposing Spirals
Two Opposing Spirals
$762
Jan 1970
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Untitled (Eights)
Untitled (Eights)
$576
Jan 1970
Wright
Floppy Double
Floppy Double
$567
Jan 1970

For Sale 3

Composition.Gallery · Artsy
Fletxes rodones
Fletxes rodones, 2011
€800
Etching
Dieu Donné · Artsy
Logic Package Sequence: Orange
Logic Package Sequence: Orange, 2013
Price on request
Pigmented linen pulp on cotton base sheet
Dieu Donné · Artsy
Three Directions
Three Directions, 2013
Price on request
Pigmented linen pulp on abaca base sheet
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Market129 auction results

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$567 – $6.3K
18 of 22 works on paper lots with prices
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$3.1K
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$2.7K
18 priced works on paper lots
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Jul 2023 · $4.0K
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Works on paper: $2.7K medianPaintings: $4.1K medianSculpture/objects: $9.4K medianPhotographs: $524 medianEditioned prints: $1.0K medianPosters/ephemera: $2.5K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Galleries2

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Education1

Cornell University
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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions5

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#3,265 Bookstein Projects

James Siena: New Drawings* *(on Old Paper)

James Siena

39 E 78th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10075, USA

Mar 12, 2026 — Apr 17, 2026

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#68 Miles McEnery Gallery

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Suzanne Caporael, James Siena, Tomory Dodge, Rico Gatson, Lisa Corinne Davis, Terry Haggerty, Beverly Fishman, Tracy Thomason, MARILYN LERNER

525 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Feb 19, 2026 — Mar 28, 2026

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JAMES SIENA

James Siena

525 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Oct 30, 2025 — Dec 20, 2025

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National Gallery

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300 ‒1350

James Siena

Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN, UK

Jan 1, 2025

£ Exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300 ‒1350 8 March – 22 June 2025 See some of Europe's earliest, most exquisite and most significant artworks.

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#3,265 Bookstein Projects

James Siena: Work on Paper, 1999 - 2022

James Siena

39 E 78th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10075, USA

Mar 2, 2023 — Apr 14, 2023

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Art Fair Appearances1

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Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2016
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Recent Activity7

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Exhibition
James Siena: New Drawings* *(on Old Paper)
Mar 12, 2026
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Line / Form
Feb 19, 2026
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Exhibition
JAMES SIENA
Oct 30, 2025
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Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300 ‒1350
Jan 1, 2025
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James Siena: Work on Paper, 1999 - 2022
Mar 2, 2023
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Art Fair
Seattle Art Fair 2016
Aug 4, 2016
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James Siena born
Jan 1, 1957
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