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Selected Works84

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney
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Whitney
Whitney
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MoMA
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
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Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
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Previous Sales 26

Sotheby's
Ebb and Flow
Ebb and Flow, 2002
Unknown
Dec 2020
Christie's
Blood Clot
Blood Clot, 1992
$3,055
May 2001
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Cut Out
Cut Out
$1,260
Sep 2024
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Palimpsest
Palimpsest
$630
Sep 2024
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Between You, Me, and the Lamppost
Between You, Me, and the Lamppost
$6,985
Jan 1970
Wright
Half Full
Half Full
$5,670
Jan 1970
Wright
Practice Drawing: Dirty
Practice Drawing: Dirty
$1,890
Jan 1970
Wright
Short Story
Short Story
$8,750
Jan 1970
Wright
Instinct
Instinct
$8,750
Jan 1970
Wright
Scared and Sad
Scared and Sad
$6,875
Jan 1970
Armstrong Fine Art
: "Only the Lonely".
: "Only the Lonely"., 2012
$750
May 2026
Sotheby's
WHAM: White House vs. America
WHAM: White House vs. America, 2017
$4,445
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Go and Do Good
Go and Do Good, 2009
$1,651
Sep 2023
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Four or Five
Four or Five, 1992
Bidding closed
Enamel sign paint on canvas
michèle didier · Artsy
Sisyphus
Sisyphus, 1991
No longer available
Video tape ; remastered in 2011 on DVD
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Half Full
Half Full, 2004
Bidding closed
Colored pencil on paper
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Short Story
Short Story, 2009
Bidding closed
Enamel sign paint on canvas
Krakow Witkin Gallery · Artsy
Y
Y, 2014
No longer available
Painted bronze
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Scared and Sad
Scared and Sad, 2018
Bidding closed
Enamel sign paint on canvas
Art Keeps Nonprofits Going Benefit Auction · Artsy
Silence License
Silence License, 1995
Bidding closed
Gold foil on 111 lb. Gmund Savanna Bubinga wood grain cardstock
Krakow Witkin Gallery · Artsy
Various Strata
Various Strata, 1985
No longer available
Latex paint on wall
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
EKE EEK (from the Silver Painting series)
EKE EEK (from the Silver Painting series), 1991
Bidding closed
Enamel paint on two canvas panels
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
même
même, 1993
Bidding closed
Acrylic on canvas over board
michèle didier · Artsy
Blue Monday
Blue Monday, 1991
No longer available
DVD
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Little Sheep
Little Sheep, 1993
Bidding closed
Enamel paint on canvas

For Sale 3

Alternate Projects · Artsy
Untitled (Pair of Martini glasses)
Untitled (Pair of Martini glasses), 1997
US$650
A pair of martini glasses with engraved and painted “O.” Created as a set of 2, and limited to an edition of 100.
Lora Reynolds Gallery · Artsy
Removal From Office
Removal From Office, 2008
For sale
Acrylic paint on wall, dimensions variable
Lora Reynolds Gallery · Artsy
Big Talk
Big Talk, 1985
For sale
Acrylic paint on wall, dimensions variable
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Market32 auction results

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$3.1K – $8.8K
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$6.0K
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$4.4K
7 priced paintings lots
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Oct 2025 · $4.4K
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Paintings: $4.4K medianWorks on paper: $5.7K medianEditioned prints: $1.0K medianBooks/portfolios: — medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Galleries1

#196 Ingleby Gallery
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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts No. 278: Kay Rosen, Edme Bouchardon The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Mar 2, 2017
Episode No. 278 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Kay Rosen and curator Anne-Lise Desmas. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum opens “Kay Rosen: H Is for House,” this weekend. Rosen’s first solo museum exhib…
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Publications2

Exhibition Catalog 1

Kay Rosen Author
MIT Press · 2009

Survey 1

Vitamin Txt: Words in Contemporary Art
Phaidon Press
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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions8

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#141 michèle didier

The Way We Are

Kay Rosen

94 Bd Richard-Lenoir, 75011 Paris, France

Feb 26, 2026 — Feb 26, 2026

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#141 michèle didier

KAY ROSEN : ICI

Kay Rosen

66 rue notre-Dame de nazareth

May 23, 2024 — Jul 13, 2024

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#102 Sikkema Malloy Jenkins

Prints and Drawings

Kay Rosen

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

Dec 14, 2023 — Feb 3, 2024

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#120 Alexander Gray Associates

Kay Rosen Stirring Wirds

384 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA

Feb 22, 2018 — Apr 7, 2018

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#286 moniquemeloche

LOL

Kay Rosen

451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622, USA

Sep 11, 2014 — Dec 10, 2014

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#286 moniquemeloche

on the wall: Kay Rosen

Kay Rosen

451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622, USA

Sep 11, 2014 — Dec 10, 2014

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#120 Alexander Gray Associates

Kay Rosen No Noose Is Good Noose

384 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA

Nov 19, 2008 — Jan 10, 2009

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#156 Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Kay Rosen

Kay Rosen

Oct 16, 1992 — Nov 14, 1992

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Art Fair Appearances4

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Art Basel Paris — Paris
2024
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2022
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2019
Untitled: Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2019
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Recent Activity16

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Exhibition
The Way We Are
Feb 26, 2026
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Art Fair
Art Basel Paris 2024
Oct 16, 2024
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Exhibition
KAY ROSEN : ICI
May 23, 2024
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Exhibition
Prints and Drawings
Dec 14, 2023
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Exhibition
Prints and Drawings
Dec 14, 2023
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Art Fair
EXPO CHICAGO 2022
Apr 7, 2022
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Art Fair
Untitled: Miami Beach 2019
Dec 4, 2019
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Art Fair
EXPO CHICAGO 2019
Sep 19, 2019
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Exhibition
Kay Rosen Stirring Wirds
Feb 22, 2018
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Stirring Wirds
Feb 22, 2018
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Exhibition
LOL
Sep 11, 2014
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on the wall: Kay Rosen
Sep 11, 2014
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Exhibition
Kay Rosen: LOL
Sep 11, 2014
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Exhibition
Kay Rosen No Noose Is Good Noose
Nov 19, 2008
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Kay Rosen
Oct 16, 1992
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Kay Rosen born
Jan 1, 1943
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