Joel Shapiro
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Joel Shapiro #1,442

personAmerican, 1941–2025
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Selected Works12

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1901
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1941
Untitled
Untitled
1968
Untitled
Untitled
1973
Standing Figure
Standing Figure
1986
G.E.
G.E.
1986
Untitled
Untitled
1988
Untitled
Untitled
1991
Untitled
Untitled
2002
Untitled
Untitled
2010
Untitled
Untitled
2011
For Studio
For Studio
2014
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Market518 auction results

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79 of 111 results with prices (last 5 years)
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$69.7K
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$35.6K
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Education1

New York University (NYU)
New York, NY, USA
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Current Exhibitions0

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The Enviable Life of a 1970s Soho Gallerist
Paula Cooper opened her pioneering gallery in Soho in 1968, betting on the then-desolate industrial neighborhood as artists began moving into its loft…
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The Manhattan duplex of the late sculptor Joel Shapiro and his wife, painter Ellen Phelan, has been listed for $4.75 million. Located in a 1907 Lenox …
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Joel Shapiro, the acclaimed American sculptor known for his abstract wooden and bronze figures, died June 14 at age 83. In the weeks before his death,…
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Joel Shapiro, the acclaimed Post-Minimalist sculptor known for his playful yet conceptually rigorous works in bronze, aluminum, and wood, died on Satu…
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Art Basel 2025 in Basel, Switzerland, saw K-pop star RM (of BTS) visit the fair's Unlimited section, drawing screaming fans and highlighting his role …
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Past Exhibitions24

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#39 Paula Cooper Gallery

Joel Shapiro

Joel Shapiro

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Sep 4, 2025 — Oct 11, 2025

Craig F. Starr Gallery

Joel Shapiro: Gouaches and Reliefs 1978–83

Joel Shapiro

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

Jul 18, 2024 — Oct 12, 2024

Craig Starr Gallery

Joel Shapiro: Gouaches and Reliefs 1978–83

Joel Shapiro

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

Jul 18, 2024 — Oct 12, 2024

#98 Kasmin Gallery

Joel Shapiro: Four Bronzes

Joel Shapiro

209 South Galena Street, Aspen, CO 81611

Feb 2, 2024 — May 2, 2024

#22 Joni Moisant Weyl

Joel Shapiro Selected Prints

Joel Shapiro

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

Nov 3, 2021 — Jan 22, 2022

Craig Starr Gallery

Joel Shapiro Plaster Sculptures 1971-2014

Joel Shapiro

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

Feb 19, 2019 — May 18, 2019

Craig F. Starr Gallery

Joel Shapiro Plaster Sculptures 1971-2014

Joel Shapiro

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

Feb 19, 2019 — May 18, 2019

#98 Kasmin Gallery

Joel Shapiro

Joel Shapiro

509 West 27th Street

Oct 10, 2018 — Dec 22, 2018

Craig F. Starr Gallery

Joel Shapiro Iron and Bronze 1973-76

Joel Shapiro

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

Sep 5, 2014 — Nov 1, 2014

Craig Starr Gallery

Joel Shapiro Iron and Bronze 1973-76

Joel Shapiro

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

Sep 5, 2014 — Nov 1, 2014

Craig Starr Gallery

Joel Shapiro Sculpture and Drawings 1969-1972

Joel Shapiro

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

Feb 1, 2013 — Mar 23, 2013

Craig F. Starr Gallery

Joel Shapiro Sculpture and Drawings 1969-1972

Joel Shapiro

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

Feb 1, 2013 — Mar 23, 2013

#22 Joni Moisant Weyl

Joel Shapiro: Up Down Around

Joel Shapiro

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

Sep 27, 2012 — Oct 23, 2012

#16 Templon

untitled (end of summer)

Joel Shapiro

30 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris, France

Sep 8, 2012 — Oct 31, 2012

#39 Paula Cooper Gallery

Works: 1969–1979

Joel Shapiro

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jan 8, 2010 — Feb 13, 2010

#22 Joni Moisant Weyl

Joel Shapiro: Boat, Bird, Mother and Child

Joel Shapiro

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

Nov 10, 2009 — Dec 12, 2009

#16 Templon

Joel Shapiro Small Scale Sculpture

Joel Shapiro

30 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris, France

May 4, 2004 — Jun 5, 2004

#130 Timothy Taylor

Joel Shapiro painted wood

Joel Shapiro

15 Bolton St, London W1J 8BG, United Kingdom

Nov 8, 2000 — Dec 16, 2000

#39 Paula Cooper Gallery

Selected Works from the 1970s and 1980s

Joel Shapiro

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Mar 7, 1992 — Apr 11, 1992

#759 The Greenberg Gallery

Joel Shapiro Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings

Joel Shapiro

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

May 24, 1990 — Jul 21, 1990

#39 Paula Cooper Gallery

Recent Sculpture Joel Shapiro

Joel Shapiro

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

May 3, 1989 — Jun 3, 1989

#39 Paula Cooper Gallery

Joel Shapiro Drawings and Prints

Joel Shapiro

Mar 3, 1988 — Mar 31, 1988

#39 Paula Cooper Gallery

New Sculpture Joel Shapiro

Joel Shapiro

Nov 1, 1984 — Nov 29, 1984

#127 Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Joel Shapiro Sculptures and Drawings 1975-1981

Joel Shapiro

Nov 20, 1981 — Jan 5, 1982

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Art Fair Appearances2

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TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2025
Art Basel — Basel
2023
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Nov 12, 2025
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Oct 22, 2025
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Joel Shapiro
Sep 4, 2025
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Joel Shapiro
Sep 4, 2025
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