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Selected Works241

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46 Institutions
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Previous Sales 75

Bonhams
Mask II 25 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 in (64.1 x 21.6 x 20.3 cm) (Executed in 1991. This work is unique)
Mask II 25 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 in (64.1 x 21.6 x 20.3 cm) (Executed in 1991. This work is unique)
$170,000
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Sappho
Sappho, 2015
Bought In
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1970
$482,600
Nov 2023
Christie's
Shareer
Shareer, 1980
$201,600
May 2022
Christie's
Aquanot #33
Aquanot #33, 1980
$50,400
May 2022
Christie's
Eclosion Grouping: Maya (Illusion)
Eclosion Grouping: Maya (Illusion), 1980
$362,500
Nov 2021
Christie's
Argonauta
Argonauta, 1980
$225,000
Oct 2020
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1998
$37,500
Mar 2018
Christie's
Tukki
Tukki, 1982
$40,000
Sep 2016
Christie's
Come
Come, 1974
$11,400
Mar 2005
Phillips
Devil's Bath
Devil's Bath
$95,250
Wright
N.Z. of N.M.
N.Z. of N.M.
Unknown
May 2026
Wright
Lagniappe I
Lagniappe I
$21,120
Jan 1970
Wright
Lagniappe II
Lagniappe II
$43,750
Jan 1970
Wright
Blue Pair
Blue Pair
$175,000
Jan 1970
Wright
Lagniappe I
Lagniappe I
$57,500
Jan 1970
Wright
Lagniappe I
Lagniappe I
$50,000
Jan 1970
Wright
Lagniappe I
Lagniappe I
$33,800
Jan 1970
Wright
Aquanot #24
Aquanot #24
$3,000
Jan 1970
Christie's
Backpack
Backpack, 2015
Bought In
Feb 2026
Bonhams
Mask II
Mask II, 1991
$216,400
Nov 2025
Bonhams
Ghost Dance
Ghost Dance, 1992
$12,160
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
William
William, 1974
$482,600
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Sangli
Sangli, 1980
$139,700
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Nunki
Nunki, 1983
$127,000
Nov 2025

For Sale 1

Thomas Brambilla · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 2018
For sale
Red of France marble
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Market284 auction results

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$3.0K – $1.1M
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$219K
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$254K
27 priced sculpture/objects lots
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Nov 2025 · $12.2K
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Sculpture/objects: $254K medianPaintings: $35.3K medianWorks on paper: $6.6K medianPhotographs: $762 medianUnclassified lots: $71.8K medianEditioned prints: $892 median
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Prizes & Awards1

Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner 2022
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Publications3

Monograph 1

Lynda Benglis Author
Phaidon Press · 2022

Exhibition Catalog 1

Action Painting
Hatje Cantz · 2008

Group Catalog 1

Kistefos-Museet Sculpture Park
Hatje Cantz · 2020
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Past Exhibitions25

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#667 GAVLAK

Beyond Boundaries: The Multidimensional Art of Lynda Benglis

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2406 Florida Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, USA

Apr 12, 2025 — Jun 13, 2025

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#17 Thomas Dane Gallery

Lynda Benglis Knots & Videotapes 1972–1976

Lynda Benglis

3 and 11 Duke Street St James's, London SW1Y 6BN, United Kingdom

May 8, 2024 — Jul 27, 2024

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#1,512 125 Newbury

Lynda Benglis Skeletonizer

Lynda Benglis

395 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA

Nov 4, 2023 — Jan 13, 2024

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#17 Thomas Dane Gallery

Lynda Benglis

Lynda Benglis

3 and 11 Duke Street St James's, London SW1Y 6BN, United Kingdom

Mar 3, 2023 — Apr 29, 2023

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#4 Pace

COLOR + FORM

Lynda Benglis

540 W 25th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Nov 30, 2022 — Dec 31, 2022

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#499 Cheim & Read

Lynda Benglis: Lagniappe ADAA: The Art Show

Lynda Benglis

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

Nov 2, 2022 — Nov 8, 2022

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#23 Mendes Wood DM

Frozen Gestures

Lynda Benglis

Av. Europa, 655 - Jardim Europa, São Paulo - SP, 01449-001, Brazil

Apr 2, 2022 — May 21, 2022

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#243 Mnuchin Gallery

Lynda Benglis Pleated Works

Lynda Benglis

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Nov 2, 2021 — Dec 11, 2021

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#561 Ortuzar

Lynda Benglis Early Work 1967–1979

Lynda Benglis

5 White St, New York, NY 10013, USA

Oct 8, 2020 — Dec 3, 2020

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Lynda Benglis Early Work 1967 – 1979

Lynda Benglis

529 W 20th St 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA

Oct 8, 2020 — Dec 23, 2020

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#4 Pace

LYNDA BENGLIS

Lynda Benglis

540 W 25th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Aug 21, 2019 — Oct 23, 2019

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Lynda Benglis

Lynda Benglis

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

Nov 10, 2018 — Dec 15, 2018

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#277 Locks Gallery

Lynda Benglis

Lynda Benglis

Feb 22, 2018 — Mar 31, 2018

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#499 Cheim & Read

Lynda Benglis: Defining Post-Minimalism, 1968–1990 Frieze Masters, Regent’s Park, London

Lynda Benglis

Unit 1, Sleaford Road Ind Est,, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln LN4 2ND, UK

Oct 5, 2017 — Oct 8, 2017

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#499 Cheim & Read

Lynda Benglis New Work

Lynda Benglis

529 W 20th St 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA

Sep 8, 2016 — Oct 22, 2016

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Huntington Museum of Art

Macy’s Presents: WWW.PAPER (Women Working with Paper)

Maria Sibylla Merian, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Käthe Kollwitz, Marie Laurencin, Sonia Delaunay, Berenice Abbott, Blanche Lazzell, Louise Nevelson, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marcia Marx, Lee Bontecou, Yvonne Jacquette, Helen Frankenthaler, Kiki Smith, Miriam Schapiro, Ida Kohlmeyer, Lesley Dill, Maggie Taylor, Janet Fish, Lynda Benglis, Alison Saar, Joan Mitchell, Carrie Mae Weems, Sandy Skoglund, Sook Jin Jo

2033 McCoy Rd, Huntington, WV 25701, USA

Feb 28, 2015 — Jun 14, 2015

Maria Sibylla Merian, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Käthe Kollwitz, Marie Laurencin, Sonia Delaunay, Berenice Abbott, Blanche Lazzell, Louise Nevelson, Gloria Vanderbi...

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#499 Cheim & Read

Lynda Benglis

Lynda Benglis

529 W 20th St 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jan 16, 2014 — Feb 15, 2014

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#277 Locks Gallery

Lynda Benglis Everything Flows (1980-2013)

Lynda Benglis

May 16, 2013 — Jun 29, 2013

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Goya Contemporary LLC

Lynda Benglis Prints and Cast Paper from the 1970’s - 2000’s

Lynda Benglis

Mar 2, 2012 — May 2, 2012

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Wax Paintings

Lynda Benglis

Feb 4, 1994 — Feb 26, 1994

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Trophies

Lynda Benglis

Sep 4, 1990 — Sep 29, 1990

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Lynda Benglis

Lynda Benglis

Mar 25, 1987 — Apr 18, 1987

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#89 Cirrus Gallery

Mold

Lynda Benglis

2011 South Santa Fe Avenue

Feb 3, 1981 — Mar 7, 1981

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Metallized Knots

Lynda Benglis

May 4, 1974 — Jun 8, 1974

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Video Tapes

Lynda Benglis

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

Feb 17, 1973 — Mar 10, 1973

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Art Fair Appearances10

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Art Basel Qatar — Doha
2026
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2026
Frieze New York — New York
2025
Art Basel — Basel
2023
The Armory Show — New York
2023
The Armory Show — New York
2022
The Armory Show — New York
2021
The Armory Show — New York
2020
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2019
Art Basel — Basel
2015
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