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Previous Sales 36

Sotheby's
Dream Drawings [Ten Works]
Dream Drawings [Ten Works], 1992
$13,000
Dec 2024
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 2012
€22,000 ($30k USD)
Sep 2022
Christie's
Dream Drawing (I was looking for a Place to Masturbate)
Dream Drawing (I was looking for a Place to Masturbate), 1994
€1,750 ($2k USD)
Jun 2019
Christie's
Untitled (Distorted Face #5)
Untitled (Distorted Face #5), 1984
$52,500
May 2016
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 2003
$56,250
Nov 2011
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled
$17,500
Nov 2008
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled
$12,500
Sep 2008
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1973
$37,000
Apr 2008
Christie's
Untitled (In NYC I Saw Some Paintings...)
Untitled (In NYC I Saw Some Paintings...)
$23,750
Apr 2008
Christie's
Cloud Chamber (Utopian Landscape #4)
Cloud Chamber (Utopian Landscape #4), 1988
$163,000
Nov 2007
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled
$43,000
Nov 2007
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1981
$5,250
Sep 2007
Christie's
Untitled (Blueprint Drawings)
Untitled (Blueprint Drawings)
$4,000
Sep 2007
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1973
$38,400
May 2007
Christie's
Dream Drawing (I Was On The Freeway Near Calstate...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93.5' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (A Russian Solider At The End Of WWII...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (I'm Walking Down A Suburban Street) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (George Bush & Lyndon Johnson Argue...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (In An Old Office We Saw Some Kind of Plant) inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 94' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1994. Dream Drawing (In San Francisco, To Get Out of The Rain...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 94' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1994. Dream Drawing (I Was In The Office Of The Woman Mayor...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 95' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1995. Dream Drawing (I Was At A Buffet With A Lawyer Friend...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 96' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1996. Dream Drawing (God Was Complaining To The Flash...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (I Have A Refrigerator/Wardrobe...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (My Dad Opens Up The Screen Door...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93 (DREAMED 92)' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (A Sexy Journalist and I Are Climbing Onto The Roof Rack Of A Helicopter...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (I Was In A Marxist Dinner...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (In Cleveland Perry Mason Finds A Man...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (I Was Watching A 'Toys' Like Movie...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 94' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1994. Dream Drawing (I Was Crawling By The Garage...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 94' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1994. Dream Drawing (We Helped My Dad Disperse Stuff In Midland...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 96' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1996. Dream Drawing (I Was In A Thrift Shop And Found A Bass...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 97' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1997. Dream Drawing (I Was In An All Male Barracks...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 99' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1999. Dream Drawing (I Was Climbing The Stairs to Jennifer Pastor's Sudio...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 00' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 2000. Provenance: Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica (20)
Dream Drawing (I Was On The Freeway Near Calstate...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93.5' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (A Russian Solider At The End Of WWII...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (I'm Walking Down A Suburban Street) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (George Bush & Lyndon Johnson Argue...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (In An Old Office We Saw Some Kind of Plant) inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 94' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1994. Dream Drawing (In San Francisco, To Get Out of The Rain...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 94' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1994. Dream Drawing (I Was In The Office Of The Woman Mayor...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 95' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1995. Dream Drawing (I Was At A Buffet With A Lawyer Friend...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 96' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1996. Dream Drawing (God Was Complaining To The Flash...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (I Have A Refrigerator/Wardrobe...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (My Dad Opens Up The Screen Door...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93 (DREAMED 92)' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (A Sexy Journalist and I Are Climbing Onto The Roof Rack Of A Helicopter...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (I Was In A Marxist Dinner...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (In Cleveland Perry Mason Finds A Man...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 93' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1993. Dream Drawing (I Was Watching A 'Toys' Like Movie...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 94' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1994. Dream Drawing (I Was Crawling By The Garage...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 94' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1994. Dream Drawing (We Helped My Dad Disperse Stuff In Midland...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 96' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1996. Dream Drawing (I Was In A Thrift Shop And Found A Bass...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 97' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1997. Dream Drawing (I Was In An All Male Barracks...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 99' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 1999. Dream Drawing (I Was Climbing The Stairs to Jennifer Pastor's Sudio...) signed, inscribed and dated 'Jim Shaw 00' (on the reverse) graphite on paper 11¾ x 8 7/8 (30 x 22.6 cm.) Drawn in 2000. Provenance: Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica (20)
$180,000
Feb 2007
Christie's
Dream Objects (I was working on some pieces like my student paintings but they had layers of high-contrast imagery and splatter painting mixed together...)
Dream Objects (I was working on some pieces like my student paintings but they had layers of high-contrast imagery and splatter painting mixed together...), 2000
$36,000
Nov 2005
Phillips
Two works: (i) Layout for 'The Andersons', (ii) Layout for 'The Andersons'
Two works: (i) Layout for 'The Andersons', (ii) Layout for 'The Andersons'
£1,397 ($2k USD)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled
Untitled
$4,064
Nov 2025
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Dream Object Part B
Dream Object Part B
$1,512
Nov 2024
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled (I was in NYC and all these guys were going...)
Untitled (I was in NYC and all these guys were going...)
$1,512
Oct 2024
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled (In the beginning...)
Untitled (In the beginning...)
$1,260
Oct 2024
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Distorted Face #3
Distorted Face #3
$6,048
Jun 2024
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Distorted Face #4
Distorted Face #4
$3,528
Jun 2024
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled (Monster Face #12)
Untitled (Monster Face #12)
$2,016
Apr 2024
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Study for a Teardrop Shaped Room
Study for a Teardrop Shaped Room
$5,000
Oct 2021

For Sale 3

Galerie Krinzinger · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1991
Price on request
Spraypaint on paper
MASSIMODECARLO · Artsy
Untitled (Rust Colored Hair)
Untitled (Rust Colored Hair), 2009
Inquire about availability
Oil on canvas
Samuel Freeman · Artsy
Untitled (Dream Drawing)
Untitled (Dream Drawing), 1993
US$2,500
Graphite on Board
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Galleries1

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#1 Gagosian

Jim Shaw: Drawings

Jim Shaw

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

May 1, 2025 — Jun 14, 2025

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#2,151 Cultured Magazine

It’s After the End of the World, Don’t You Know That Yet

Jim Shaw

Davies Street

Apr 11, 2024 — May 18, 2024

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Jim Shaw: It’s After the End of the World, Don’t You Know That Yet

Jim Shaw

20 Grosvenor Hill, London W1K 3QD, United Kingdom

Apr 11, 2024 — May 18, 2024

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Jim Shaw: Thinking the Unthinkable

Jim Shaw

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

Jan 12, 2023 — Feb 25, 2023

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#773 Galerie Mickael Marciano

Jim Shaw: The Wig Museum

Jim Shaw

רחוב ראשי, Qalansuwa, 0040640, Israel

May 25, 2017 — Aug 23, 2017

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#6,575 Mére Ubu

Jim Shaw: The Wig Museum

Jim Shaw

724 S Spring St suite 1202

May 25, 2017 — Aug 23, 2017

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#6,576 Merino Gallery

Jim Shaw: The Wig Museum

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4357 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA

May 25, 2017 — Aug 23, 2017

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Armory Center for the Arts

The Making of Personal Theory: Mysticism and Metaphysics in the Work of Sara Kathryn Arledge, Charles Irvin, and Jim Shaw

Sara Kathryn Arledge, Charles Irvin, Jim Shaw

145 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103, USA

Jan 18, 2015 — Mar 22, 2015

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#210 Skarstedt

Jim Shaw My Mirage 1986-91

Jim Shaw

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Feb 23, 2006 — Apr 1, 2006

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Art Fair Appearances4

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Art Basel — Basel
2022
The Armory Show — New York
2020
artgenève — Geneva
2017
Art Basel — Basel
2015
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artists homes los angeles fires
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Kellogg Gallery spotlights unconventional, colorful artists
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Tony Fitzpatrick, indefatigable artistic polymath from Chicago, has died, aged 66
Oct 16, 2025
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Oct 7, 2025
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Expanded and Expansive: How the Intuit Art Museum Used A Transformative Renovation to Reinvent Itself
May 20, 2025
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Exhibition
Jim Shaw: Drawings
May 1, 2025
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Exhibition
Jim Shaw: Drawings
May 1, 2025
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Take a rare chance to see the astonishing Ringier Collection of artworks in Düsseldorf
Apr 23, 2025
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Exhibition
Jim Shaw: It’s After the End of the World, Don’t You Know That Yet
Apr 11, 2024
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Exhibition
Jim Shaw: It’s After the End of the World, Don’t You Know That Yet
Apr 11, 2024
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Exhibition
It’s After the End of the World, Don’t You Know That Yet
Apr 11, 2024
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Exhibition
Jim Shaw: Thinking the Unthinkable
Jan 12, 2023
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Exhibition
Jim Shaw: Thinking the Unthinkable
Jan 12, 2023
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2022
Jun 14, 2022
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The Armory Show 2020
Mar 4, 2020
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Exhibition
Jim Shaw: The Wig Museum
May 25, 2017
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Exhibition
Jim Shaw: The Wig Museum
May 25, 2017
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Jim Shaw: The Wig Museum
May 25, 2017
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