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Selected Works99

Museum Acquisitions

13 Institutions
Whitney
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MoMA
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
SFMOMA
LACMA
Princeton University Art Museum
Birmingham Museum of Art
MOCA Los Angeles
MOCA Los Angeles
Yale University Art Gallery
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Rose Art Museum
Ackland Art Museum
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Previous Sales 69

Bonhams
Tsuba Figure, 1995-96
Tsuba Figure, 1995-96
$11,000
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Imaginary Garden with Seed Clusters
Imaginary Garden with Seed Clusters, 2013
$32,000
Mar 2024
Christie's
Onement
Onement, 1987
£23,940 ($32k USD)
Oct 2023
Christie's
Barabas
Barabas, 1985
$22,680
Sep 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled III
Untitled III, 1984
$32,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Kissango
Kissango, 2007
$9,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Eleanor
Eleanor, 2008
$8,000
Dec 2021
Christie's
Sphenopsida
Sphenopsida, 1998
$56,250
Nov 2017
Christie's
Forest Lantern
Forest Lantern, 1981
£68,750 ($91k USD)
Apr 2017
Christie's
Study for Easter Choir
Study for Easter Choir, 1990
£6,250 ($8k USD)
Apr 2017
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1990
£3,000 ($4k USD)
Apr 2017
Christie's
Cycadaceae
Cycadaceae, 1999
$75,000
May 2016
Christie's
Sea Stars and Coral
Sea Stars and Coral, 1997
$4,750
Jan 2012
Christie's
Hybrid
Hybrid, 1993
$43,750
Mar 2011
Christie's
Capella
Capella, 1991
$168,000
May 2007
Christie's
Barge
Barge, 1985
£3,585 ($5k USD)
Oct 2004
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1987
$2,350
Nov 2001
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Untitled
Untitled
$508
Jan 1970
Wright
Acrab
Acrab
$10,000
Jan 1970
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1990
$7,680
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Lattice Painting III
Lattice Painting III, 1990
Bought In
Nov 2025
Phillips
Timoresen-Schadel
Timoresen-Schadel, 2007
$5,149
Oct 2025
Christie's
Seven Incidents Giollo di Napoli Pagoda
Seven Incidents Giollo di Napoli Pagoda, 1991
$16,126
Oct 2025
Christie's
Interzonal Leaves
Interzonal Leaves, 1998
$57,150
Sep 2025
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 2000
$2,394
Feb 2025

For Sale 3

Cardi Gallery · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1987
Price on request
Acrylic on paper
Tobias Mueller Modern Art · Artsy
Watermark (Blue)
Watermark (Blue), 2021
Price on request
Mixed media on canvas
Lincoln Center Editions · 1stDibs
"Untitled" by Philip Taaffe (Abstract, Red, Black, Shape, Formalist, Expression)
"Untitled" by Philip Taaffe (Abstract, Red, Black, Shape, Formalist, Expression)
$3,000
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Market319 auction results

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$508 – $189K
33 of 43 paintings lots with prices
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$40.0K
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$32.8K
33 priced paintings lots
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Feb 2026 · $7.7K
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Paintings: $32.8K medianWorks on paper: $8.2K medianEditioned prints: $725 medianUnclassified lots: $6.4K medianPosters/ephemera: — median
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Galleries4

#7 Galerie Max Hetzler
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#55 Luhring Augustine
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#158 MARUANI MERCIER GALLERY
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#587 Morrison Gallery
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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts No. 78: Philip Taaffe, William Powhida The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Oct 29, 2014
Episode No. 78 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artists Philip Taaffe and William Powhida. An exhibition of Taaffe’s most recent work opens Friday, May 3 at Luhring Augustine gallery in Chelsea. Taaffe has re-des…
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Publications5

Exhibition Catalog 4

Philip Taaffe Author
Hatje Cantz · 2014
Philip Taaffe Author
MoMA Publications · 2011
Philip Taaffe: Das Leben der Formen. Werke 1980-2008
Hatje Cantz · 2008
Philip Taaffe: The Life of Forms. Works 1980-2008 Author
Hatje Cantz · 2008

Group Catalog 1

Birth of the Cool: American Painting from Georgia O'Keeffe to Christopher Wool
Hatje Cantz · 1997
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Past Exhibitions8

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#163 Ceysson & Bénétière

Philip Taaffe

Philip Taaffe

23 R. du Renard, 75004 Paris, France

Oct 17, 2024 — Nov 30, 2024

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#55 Luhring Augustine

Philip Taaffe

Philip Taaffe

531 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 12, 2022 — Dec 22, 2022

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#236 Leila Heller Gallery

Philip Taaffe

Philip Taaffe

Alserkal Avenue - Warehouse 87 17th St - Al Qouz Ind.first - Al Quoz - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Mar 19, 2018 — Jun 17, 2018

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#158 MARUANI MERCIER GALLERY

L'envoi

PHILIP TAAFFE

Sep 11, 2015 — Nov 14, 2015

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#55 Luhring Augustine

Bushwick

Philip Taaffe

531 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jan 17, 2015 — Apr 17, 2015

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#55 Luhring Augustine

Recent Work

Philip Taaffe

17 White St, New York, NY 10013, USA

May 3, 2013 — Jun 21, 2013

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Peter Blum Gallery

Philip Taaffe Composite Nature

Philip Taaffe

176 Grand St Floor 2, New York, NY 10013, USA

Nov 15, 1997 — Jan 4, 1998

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#1,456 Mazarine Variations

PHILIP TAAFFE

PHILIP TAAFFE

26, rue Mazarine

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Art Fair Appearances1

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EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
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Recent Activity14

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46 Museum Shows and Biennials to See This Summer
May 25, 2026
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aldrich museum decennial 2026 survey connecticut artists
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Jan 13, 2026
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Exhibition
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Oct 17, 2024
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Nov 12, 2022
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Mar 19, 2018
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Art Fair
EXPO CHICAGO 2017
Sep 13, 2017
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L'envoi
Sep 11, 2015
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Bushwick
Jan 17, 2015
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Recent Work
May 3, 2013
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Philip Taaffe Composite Nature
Nov 15, 1997
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Philip Taaffe Composite Nature
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Philip Taaffe born
Jan 1, 1955
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