Nancy Spero — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works149

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Met

NGA Washington

Previous Sales 41

Christie's

Untitled

$5,250

Apr 2009

Christie's

The three graces, 1989

£646 ($853 USD)

Mar 2001

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Maenad

$1,500

Oct 2020

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Wright

Wright

Victimage (diptych)

$13,970

Jan 1970

Rago Arts and Auction Center

Genesis

$12,700

Jan 1970

Wright

Untitled (from the War Series)

Wright

Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen

Nancy Spero – The Somnambulist

Bought In

Nov 2025

Sotheby's

Untitled (from War Series), 1966

$20,480

Feb 2026

Sotheby's

Untitled (from Mourning Women Series) [Eight Works], 1989

$12,800

Feb 2026

Sotheby's

i. To the Revolution; ii. Untitled (from Egyptian Series) [Two Works], 1975

Bought In

Feb 2026

Sotheby's

H.D. Fragments, 1979

Sotheby's

Bonhams

Bonhams

Phillips

Phillips

Sheela-na-Gig, 1996

$7,713

Sep 2023

Bonhams

Untitled (Female Icarus), 2000

$2,304

Aug 2023

Phillips

Gestapo Victim / Goddess Nut, 1996

$9,470

Apr 2023

Christie's

Letter from Egypt, 2001

$30,153

Sep 2022

Phillips

Goddess Nut and Torture Victim

Phillips

Phillips

For Sale 7

Christine König Galerie · Artsy

Maenad Circle, 2003

For sale

Hand print on paper

Galerie Lelong · Artsy

Gunship, Pilot, and Victims, 1968

Price on request

Gouache and ink on paper

Ronald Feldman Gallery · Artsy

We Are Pro-Choice, 1992

Price on request

Silkscreen on paper

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Art Against Apartheid, Year of the South African Woman Hand Signed Lt. Ed. print

$5,500

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Airborne, Silkscreen with collage additions on Somerset velvet paper Signed/N

$2,500

Procuniar Workshop · 1stDibs

Goddess and Mourning Women

$12,000

Procuniar Workshop · 1stDibs

Explicit Explanation

$1,750

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Market85 auction results

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$853 – $53.3K

21 of 26 works on paper lots with prices

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$14.5K

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$9.5K

21 priced works on paper lots

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Feb 2026 · $12.8K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Works on paper: $9.5K medianPaintings: $83.0K medianEditioned prints: $1.3K medianBooks/portfolios: — median

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PhillipsBonhamsVan HamAderSwann Galleries

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Education2

School of the

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

Chicago, IL, USA

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Publications5

Monograph 2

Nancy Spero

Prestel · 2010

Nancy Spero

Phaidon Press · 2001

Exhibition Catalog 2

Acts of Rebellion Author

Steidl · 2019

Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Survey 1

Artists in Love

Rizzoli · 2016

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Current Exhibitions0

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#132 Frith Street Gallery

To the Dance: eight works by Nancy Spero 1926–2009

Nancy Spero

17-18 Golden Square, London W1F 9JJ, United Kingdom

Jul 3, 2026 — Aug 7, 2026

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Recent News12

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Past Exhibitions10

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Nancy Spero: Maypole: Take No Prisoners

Nancy Spero

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Jan 16, 2024 — Apr 15, 2024

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#43 Galerie Lelong

Nancy Spero Woman as Protagonist

Nancy Spero

528 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

Feb 23, 2023 — Mar 25, 2023

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#132 Frith Street Gallery

Nancy Spero Dancers & Goddesses

17-18 Golden Square, London W1F 9JJ, United Kingdom

Sep 23, 2022 — Nov 5, 2022

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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Nancy Spero

Gl Strandvej 13, 3050 Humlebæk, Denmark

Jan 23, 2020 — Apr 26, 2020

Louisiana On PaperNancy Spero23.1.2020 - 26.4.2020To express what she considered the basic nature of humanity, the American artist Nancy Spero (1926-2009) in...

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