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Selected Works74

Museum Acquisitions

8 Institutions
MoMA
Seattle Art Museum
Cincinnati Art Museum
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
MCA Chicago
MCA Chicago
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon
Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Previous Sales 54

Christie's
Dona de vent IV (Woman of the wind IV)
Dona de vent IV (Woman of the wind IV), 1989
£40,640 ($54k USD)
Mar 2026
Sotheby's
Duna's Dream
Duna's Dream, 2015
$482,600
Feb 2023
Sotheby's
Soul V
Soul V, 2006
$406,400
Feb 2023
Sotheby's
Nocturn
Nocturn, 1986
€14,000 ($17k USD)
Jan 2023
Artcurial
Shadow (study) XVII - 2010
Shadow (study) XVII - 2010
€15,000 ($17k USD)
Dec 2023
Wright
Si-No II
Si-No II
Bought In
Jan 1970
Phillips
Tattoo III
Tattoo III, 2004
$104,689
Apr 2026
Christie's
A César Vallejo IV
A César Vallejo IV, 2007
$170,222
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Alabaster Head
Alabaster Head, 2008
$326,460
Sep 2025
Christie's
Song of Solomon 1:13-17
Song of Solomon 1:13-17, 2005
$60,480
May 2025
Christie's
Head III
Head III, 2005
Bought In
Dec 2024
Christie's
Untitled (Hands)
Untitled (Hands), 2007
Bought In
Dec 2024
Christie's
Self-Portrait with Seas
Self-Portrait with Seas, 2006
$139,940
Oct 2024
Christie's
Tel Aviv Man, Torso
Tel Aviv Man, Torso, 2013
$60,915
Oct 2024
Christie's
Study for Hortensia
Study for Hortensia, 2021
$142,981
Jun 2024
Christie's
Suite del silenci No. V
Suite del silenci No. V, 1987
Bought In
Jun 2024
Christie's
Slumberland I (laura)
Slumberland I (laura), 2014
$20,341
Dec 2023
Sotheby's
White Time Keeper
White Time Keeper, 2016
$241,300
Nov 2023
Bonhams
Sanna in Umeå
Sanna in Umeå, 2014
$457,700
Nov 2023
Phillips
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, 2000
$30,480
Oct 2023
Sotheby's
Shadow (study) VIII
Shadow (study) VIII, 2008
$27,940
Jun 2023
Sotheby's
Paisatge AMB Cercles
Paisatge AMB Cercles, 1989
$81,713
May 2023
Christie's
Freud's Children
Freud's Children, 2002
Bought In
May 2023
Christie's
Orphans of Freud
Orphans of Freud, 2002
Bought In
May 2023
Sotheby's
Paisatge XVI
Paisatge XVI, 1990
$38,116
Mar 2023

For Sale 10

Galeria Senda · Artsy
Who are you? VI
Who are you? VI, 2016
Price on request
Bronze
Galeria Senda · Artsy
Do you kill? Do you lie?
Do you kill? Do you lie?, 1999
Price on request
Glass, iron, clothes and stainless steel
Nicholas Gallery · Artsy
Domestic Propensities
Domestic Propensities, 2002
For sale
Mixed media with collage
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg · Artsy
Amativite
Amativite, 2000
Price on request
Iron and glaced ceramic
Nicholas Gallery · Artsy
Domestic Propensities
Domestic Propensities
For sale
Mixed media
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg · Artsy
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy (William Blake: Proverbs of Hell)
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy (William Blake: Proverbs of Hell), 2000
Price on request
Glass, stainless steel, fabric
Opera Gallery · Artsy
Minna
Minna, 2025
Price on request
Painted bronze
Galeria Jordi Pascual · Artsy
Dos més tres
Dos més tres, 1990
Price on request
Mixed media on paper
Galería Daniel Cardani · Artsy
Sculpture
Sculpture, 2017
Price on request
White painted iron
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg · Artsy
Brother - Sister
Brother - Sister, 2002
Price on request
Bronze
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Market472 auction results

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$10.1K – $1.1M
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$299K
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$143K
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Apr 2026 · $105K
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Sculpture/objects: $143K medianWorks on paper: $5.6K medianPaintings: $16.5K medianPhotographs: $756 medianEditioned prints: $1.5K medianUnclassified lots: $164K medianEditioned objects: $550 median
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Education2

Escola de Belas Artes (UFRJ)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Llotja School
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Publications2

Monograph 1

Jaume Plensa: The Crown Fountain Author
Hatje Cantz · 2008

Exhibition Catalog 1

Jaume Plensa Author
Skira · 2025
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Current Exhibitions1

#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: Mirage

Jaume Plensa

Jun 3, 2026 — Sep 1, 2026

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Recent News14

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Why Jaume Plensa’s New Exhibition at Denver Botanic Gardens Is a Must-See This Summer
Spanish artist Jaume Plensa has opened a major exhibition at the Denver Botanic Gardens, titled *Jaume Plensa: A New Humanism*, which includes both ou…
exhibitionsApr 28, 2026
CHIHULY AT MEIJER GARDENS TO TRANSFORM MEIJER GARDENS MAY 2 TO NOV. 1 WITH EXPANSIVE OUTDOOR AND INDOOR EXHIBITION, FEATURING ENHANCED EXPERIENCES INCLUDING RADIANT FORMS AND INSIDER TOURS
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The Affordable Art Fair is returning to Hampstead Heath in London from May 6th to 10th, featuring over 100 galleries and more than 1,000 artworks. A k…
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Denver Botanic Gardens opens a world-class Jaume Plensa art exhibit
The Denver Botanic Gardens has launched "A New Humanism," the first U.S. retrospective of internationally acclaimed Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. Comme…
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A 36-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture by Jaume Plensa, titled *Endless*, collapsed outside the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at the University of Not…
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Past Exhibitions40

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#13,546 Negozio Olivetti Venice

Water’s Soul

Jaume Plensa

P.za San Marco, 101, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

Oct 30, 2025 — Jan 6, 2026

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: A New Humanism

Jaume Plensa

38, avenue Matignon

Oct 24, 2025 — Jan 22, 2026

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#767 Galeria Leme

De mim para nós

Jaume Plensa

Av. Valdemar Ferreira, 130

Apr 1, 2025 — May 10, 2025

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#6,825 Galeria Senda

JAUME PLENSA, Murmuri

Jaume Plensa

Carrer de Trafalgar 32

Feb 19, 2025 — May 3, 2025

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: Materia Interior

Jaume Plensa

Cra de S. Jerónimo, 9, Centro, 28014 Madrid, Spain

Oct 17, 2024 — Jan 15, 2025

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Jaume Plensa: Mirall

Jaume Plensa

Plaça de la Porta de Santa Catalina, 10, Centre, 07012 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain

Sep 19, 2024 — Dec 18, 2024

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: Silent Diary

Jaume Plensa

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

May 9, 2024 — Jun 29, 2024

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: JANUS

Jaume Plensa

45 N Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291, USA

Apr 19, 2024 — Jul 18, 2024

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: Something Sacred

Jaume Plensa

3 Rue Prte des Fontaines D16, 33580 Monségur, France

Jul 1, 2023 — Sep 29, 2023

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#101 Gray

Jaume Plensa Forgotten Dreams

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Apr 7, 2023 — Jun 23, 2023

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: Poetry of Silence

Jaume Plensa

Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 930, Sant Martí, 08018 Barcelona, Spain

Mar 31, 2023 — Jun 29, 2023

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: Invisível e Indizível

Jaume Plensa

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Dec 7, 2022 — Mar 7, 2023

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: In small places, close to home

Jaume Plensa

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Jun 18, 2022 — Sep 16, 2022

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#101 Gray

Utopia, 2021

Jaume Plensa

2044 West Carroll Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612

Nov 30, 2021 — Jan 25, 2022

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: NEST

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Oct 29, 2021 — Dec 23, 2021

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#101 Gray

Water’s Soul

Jaume Plensa

1018 Madison Ave Floor 2, New York, NY 10075, USA

Oct 21, 2021 — Dec 16, 2021

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Jaume Plensa Nocturne

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Nov 14, 2020 — Jan 9, 2021

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: April is the cruelest month

Jaume Plensa

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Jun 12, 2020 — Jul 10, 2020

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Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art

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Jaume Plensa

Plaça dels Àngels, 1, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona, Spain

Jan 1, 2018

ExposicióDel 01 des. 2018 al 22 abr. 2019 Jaume Plensa

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Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

Jaume Plensa: Talking Continents

Jaume Plensa

227 State St, Madison, WI 53703, USA

Dec 2, 2017 — Apr 15, 2018

December 2, 2017 to April 15, 2018 Jaume Plensa: Talking ContinentsInternationally celebrated artist Jaume Plensa is known for his poetic approach to sculptu...

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Jaume Plensa Secret Garden

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Sep 14, 2017 — Nov 11, 2017

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Silence

Jaume Plensa

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Feb 2, 2017 — Mar 11, 2017

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#147 Haines Gallery

Jaume Plensa : Silent Faces

Jaume Plensa

Sep 10, 2015 — Oct 31, 2015

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Jaume Plensa Together

Jaume Plensa

45 N Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291, USA

May 7, 2015 — Aug 5, 2015

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Jaume Plensa 1004 Portraits

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Jun 17, 2014 — Sep 15, 2014

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#101 Gray

Private Dreams

Jaume Plensa

2044 West Carroll Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612

Jun 12, 2014 — Sep 10, 2014

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: Talking Continents

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Nov 1, 2013 — Dec 17, 2013

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#101 Gray

The Hermit

Jaume Plensa

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Nov 16, 2011 — Jan 20, 2012

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Jaume Plensa: A N O N Y M O U S

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

May 6, 2011 — Jun 18, 2011

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#43 Galerie Lelong

In the Midst of Dreams

Jaume Plensa

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Sep 10, 2009 — Oct 24, 2009

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#101 Gray

I in His Eyes as One That Found Peace

Jaume Plensa

1018 Madison Ave Floor 2, New York, NY 10075, USA

Oct 26, 2006 — Jan 24, 2007

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#101 Gray

Twin Shadows

Jaume Plensa

1018 Madison Ave Floor 2, New York, NY 10075, USA

Oct 28, 2000 — Dec 22, 2000

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#16 Templon

Jaume Plensa Bruits

Jaume Plensa

30 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris, France

Sep 11, 1999 — Oct 19, 1999

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#101 Gray

Whisper

Jaume Plensa

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Apr 23, 1999 — May 28, 1999

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#16 Templon

Jaume Plensa Sculptures et oeuvres sur papier

Jaume Plensa

30 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris, France

Jan 10, 1998 — Feb 11, 1998

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#101 Gray

Jaume Plensa Islands

Jaume Plensa

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

May 10, 1996 — Jul 6, 1996

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#16 Templon

Wonderland

Jaume Plensa

30 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris, France

Nov 25, 1995 — Dec 30, 1995

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Toledo Museum of Art

Jaume Plensa: Human Landscape

Jaume Plensa

2445 Monroe St, Toledo, OH 43620, USA

Nov 6, 2016

Jaume Plensa — June 17 – Nov. 6, 2016

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#2,219 Galería Atelier

Plensa. Gràfica i originals sobre paper

Jaume Plensa

Plaça de Rovira i Trias, 9, Gràcia, 08024 Barcelona, Spain

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#1,456 Mazarine Variations

JAUME PLENSA

JAUME PLENSA

26, rue Mazarine

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Art Fair Appearances12

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ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2026
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2023
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
Frieze Los Angeles — Los Angeles
2023
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2021
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2021
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2020
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2017
artgenève — Geneva
2017
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2017
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2016
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2014
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Recent Activity20

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JAUME PLENSA
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Jaume Plensa: Human Landscape
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Jaume Plensa: Mirage
Jun 3, 2026
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Jaume Plensa: Behind the Walls
Jun 1, 2026
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Quest’anno per Art Basel la piazza di fronte alla fiera di Basilea diventerà una foresta
May 27, 2026
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Barry X Ball’s Wild Sculptures Are Perfectly at Home at Venice’s Grand Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore
May 5, 2026
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Why Jaume Plensa’s New Exhibition at Denver Botanic Gardens Is a Must-See This Summer
Apr 28, 2026
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CHIHULY AT MEIJER GARDENS TO TRANSFORM MEIJER GARDENS MAY 2 TO NOV. 1 WITH EXPANSIVE OUTDOOR AND INDOOR EXHIBITION, FEATURING ENHANCED EXPERIENCES INCLUDING RADIANT FORMS AND INSIDER TOURS
Apr 22, 2026
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Affordable Art Fair Hampstead Returns
Apr 20, 2026
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Apr 17, 2026
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ARCOmadrid 2026
Mar 4, 2026
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Jan 26, 2026
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Nov 28, 2025
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Exhibition
Water’s Soul
Oct 30, 2025
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Exhibition
Jaume Plensa: A New Humanism
Oct 24, 2025
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Sep 29, 2025
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Jun 27, 2025
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Jun 9, 2025
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May 12, 2025
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