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Selected Works541

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 161

Sotheby's
Tangency
Tangency, 1974
$12,000
May 2026
Bonhams
Master of the Universe 77 1/4 x 46 3/4 in (196.2 x 118.7 cm) (Executed in 2022)
Master of the Universe 77 1/4 x 46 3/4 in (196.2 x 118.7 cm) (Executed in 2022)
Bought In
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Blah, Blah, Blah
Blah, Blah, Blah, 2008
$30,000
Dec 2023
Sotheby's
Fucked-Up and Far from Home
Fucked-Up and Far from Home
$12,700
Oct 2023
Sotheby's
Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah Blah
$12,700
Oct 2023
Sotheby's
Blah, Blah, Blah
Blah, Blah, Blah, 2009
$26,000
Dec 2022
Sotheby's
Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha, 2020
£14,000 ($23k USD)
May 2021
Sotheby's
Head Honcho
Head Honcho, 2019
£8,000 ($13k USD)
May 2021
Sotheby's
Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah Blah
£40,000 ($67k USD)
Mar 2021
Christie's
First Range
First Range, 1973
€30,000 ($33k USD)
Nov 2019
Christie's
Project for Corner Piece: 36" Series (12 + 24)
Project for Corner Piece: 36" Series (12 + 24), 1969
€25,000 ($28k USD)
Nov 2016
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1992
£16,250 ($21k USD)
Sep 2016
Christie's
Out of Bounds
Out of Bounds
$6,250
May 2016
Christie's
Schism
Schism, 1983
$100,000
Nov 2015
Christie's
On, On/Over, On/Under, On/Over/Under, Over
On, On/Over, On/Under, On/Over/Under, Over, 1972
$43,750
Nov 2015
Christie's
Extent
Extent, 1977
$13,750
Nov 2015
Christie's
Counting Alternatives Series (The Wittgenstein Illustrations)
Counting Alternatives Series (The Wittgenstein Illustrations), 1971
£16,250 ($21k USD)
Sep 2015
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1992
£4,375 ($6k USD)
Sep 2015
Christie's
Counting Exercise: Circles
Counting Exercise: Circles, 1972
$100,000
May 2015
Christie's
Principle of Detachment
Principle of Detachment, 1973
$77,500
May 2015
Christie's
3 Photographs + 1 Diagram (Row C)
3 Photographs + 1 Diagram (Row C)
$50,000
May 2015
Christie's
Obscene
Obscene, 2006
$56,250
Nov 2013
Christie's
Money
Money, 2005
$74,500
Mar 2013
Christie's
Measurement: 12" (Squared)
Measurement: 12" (Squared), 1999
£10,625 ($14k USD)
Sep 2011
Christie's
Measurement: 5' (Across)
Measurement: 5' (Across), 2000
$20,000
Mar 2010

For Sale 5

Alpha 137 Gallery · Artsy
Mel Bochner - UNNAMEABLE
Mel Bochner - UNNAMEABLE, 2019
US$24,500
Monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand- dyed Twinrocker handmade paper
Vertu Fine Art · Artsy
Blah,Blah,Blah
Blah,Blah,Blah, 2022
US$35,000
Silkscreen on Lanaquarelle paper
RoGallery · 1stDibs
Four Color Quartets, Abstract Lithograph by Mel Bochner
Four Color Quartets, Abstract Lithograph by Mel Bochner
$4,800
Four Lithographs, signed and numbered verso
RAW Editions · 1stDibs
Howl! -- Screen Print, Glitter, Text Art by Mel Bochner
Howl! -- Screen Print, Glitter, Text Art by Mel Bochner
$13,882
Gallery of the Masters · 1stDibs
Four Quartets Third Quartet
Four Quartets Third Quartet
$4,750
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Market483 auction results

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$3.3K – $126K
36 of 41 paintings lots with prices
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$54.3K
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$51.5K
36 priced paintings lots
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Feb 2026 · $39.2K
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Paintings: $51.5K medianWorks on paper: $8.6K medianPhotographs: $39.9K medianSculpture/objects: $63.5K medianEditioned prints: $13.8K medianBooks/portfolios: $1.0K medianUnclassified lots: $7.1K median
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Education2

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
University of the Philippines (College of Fine Arts)
Manila, Philippines
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Publications4

Monograph 2

Mel Bochner Voices
Yale University Press · 2017
Mel Bochner
Yale University Press · 2007

Exhibition Catalog 1

Mel Bochner Author
Yale University Press · 2014

Group Catalog 1

Hisachika Takahashi: From Memory Draw a Map of the United States
Hatje Cantz · 2015
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Past Exhibitions23

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Byzantine Fresco Chapel

Foyer Installation: Mel Bochner, Chryssa, and Dorothy Hood

Mel Bochner, Dorothy Hood

4011 Yupon St, Houston, TX 77006, USA

Jan 1, 2026

Foyer Installation: Mel Bochner, Chryssa, and Dorothy Hood April 1–October 25, 2026 Main Building

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#85 Peter Freeman, Inc.

Mel Bochner: 48" Standards

Mel Bochner

140 Grand St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Nov 19, 2024 — Jan 11, 2025

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#85 Peter Freeman, Inc.

MEL BOCHNER: SELDOM OR NEVER SEEN 2004–2022

Mel Bochner

140 Grand St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Nov 10, 2022 — Jan 7, 2023

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#155 Marc Selwyn Fine Art

Mel Bochner Do I Have To Draw You A Picture?

Mel Bochner

9953 S Santa Monica Blvd

Jan 15, 2022 — Feb 26, 2022

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Byzantine Fresco Chapel

Wall Drawing Series: Mel Bochner

Mel Bochner

4011 Yupon St, Houston, TX 77006, USA

Jan 1, 2022

Oct 20, 2022 – Sep 2023 Menil Drawing Institute Wall Drawing Series: Mel Bochner

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Menil Collection

Wall Drawing Series: Mel Bochner

Mel Bochner

1533 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX 77006, USA

Jan 1, 2022

Oct 20, 2022 – Sep 2023 Menil Drawing Institute Wall Drawing Series: Mel Bochner

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#7,342 Collaborations by Tania and Thomas Asbæk

Recent Monoprints by Mel Bochner

Mel Bochner

Baldersgade 14, 2200 København N, Denmark

Oct 2, 2020 — Nov 21, 2020

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#85 Peter Freeman, Inc.

Mel Bochner Exasperations

Mel Bochner

7 Gal de Montpensier, 75001 Paris, France

Nov 5, 2019 — Dec 21, 2019

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#155 Marc Selwyn Fine Art

Mel Bochner

Mel Bochner

9953 S Santa Monica Blvd

Mar 30, 2019 — May 18, 2019

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#1,986 Fine Arts, Sydney

Measurement Room: Perimeter, 1968

Mel Bochner

23 Hampden St, Paddington NSW 2021, Australia

Jun 1, 2018 — Jul 31, 2018

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#142 michèle didier

Mel Bochner Singer Notes

Mel Bochner

66 rue notre-Dame de nazareth

Sep 7, 2017 — Nov 7, 2017

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#85 Peter Freeman, Inc.

Mel Bochner Voices

Mel Bochner

7 Gal de Montpensier, 75001 Paris, France

Apr 19, 2017 — Jun 24, 2017

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Craig F. Starr Gallery

Mel Bochner Drawings 1966-1968

Mel Bochner

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

Apr 3, 2015 — May 22, 2015

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#85 Peter Freeman, Inc.

Mel Bochner Proposition and Process: A Theory of Sculpture (1968 - 1973)

Mel Bochner

7 Gal de Montpensier, 75001 Paris, France

May 10, 2013 — Jul 12, 2013

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#155 Marc Selwyn Fine Art

Mel Bochner Theory of Sculpture: Fontana's Light

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9953 S Santa Monica Blvd

Mar 17, 2012 — Apr 27, 2012

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#85 Peter Freeman, Inc.

Mel Bochner Photography Before the Age of Mechanical Reproduction + Some Drawings from the Sixties + Recent Reflections and Recursions on Dis / Tension and Crumpling

Mel Bochner

7 Gal de Montpensier, 75001 Paris, France

Nov 17, 2011 — Jan 28, 2012

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#172 Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Blah, Blah, Blah

Mel Bochner

May 13, 2009 — Jun 26, 2009

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#85 Peter Freeman, Inc.

Mel Bochner 1998-2007: Painting, sculpture and installation

Mel Bochner

7 Gal de Montpensier, 75001 Paris, France

Mar 3, 2007 — Apr 20, 2007

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#172 Rhona Hoffman Gallery

“Obscene,” “Money,” “Stupid,” “Meaningless,”

Mel Bochner

Dec 1, 2006 — Jan 6, 2007

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#85 Peter Freeman, Inc.

Mel Bochner Thesaurus Paintings

Mel Bochner

7 Gal de Montpensier, 75001 Paris, France

Apr 24, 2006 — Jul 1, 2006

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#262 David Nolan Gallery

Photo Pieces from 1966-67

MEL BOCHNER

24 E 81st St 4th floor, New York, NY 10028, USA

Mar 7, 1990 — Mar 30, 1990

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#262 David Nolan Gallery

MEL BOCHNER Recent Drawings

MEL BOCHNER

24 E 81st St 4th floor, New York, NY 10028, USA

Nov 4, 1988 — Dec 9, 1988

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Mel Bochner

Mel Bochner

27 Bell St, London NW1 5BY, United Kingdom

Apr 6, 1972 — Apr 29, 1972

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Art Fair Appearances21

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Art Basel — Basel
2025
The Armory Show — New York
2025
artmonte-carlo — Monaco
2024
The Armory Show — New York
2023
Art Basel — Basel
2022
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2022
The Armory Show — New York
2020
Art Basel — Basel
2019
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2019
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2019
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2019
The Armory Show — New York
2019
Art Basel — Basel
2018
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2018
Art Basel — Basel
2017
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2017
Art Basel — Basel
2016
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2016
Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2016
Art Basel — Basel
2015
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2014
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Apr 9, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
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Exhibition
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Jan 1, 2026
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Dec 29, 2025
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Dec 28, 2025
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Sep 25, 2025
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Art Fair
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Sep 4, 2025
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Aug 11, 2025
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Jul 27, 2025
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Jul 21, 2025
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Jun 19, 2025
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Jun 18, 2025
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Jun 18, 2025
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Jan 1, 2025
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Nov 19, 2024
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Jul 6, 2024
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Sep 8, 2023
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