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Selected Works57

Museum Acquisitions

7 Institutions
Whitney
Whitney
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MoMA
Hammer Museum
Hammer Museum
Hammer Museum
Hammer Museum
Tate
Seattle Art Museum
LACMA
Nasher Museum of Art

Previous Sales 37

Sotheby's
Cyclops
Cyclops
Bought In
Apr 2023
Christie's
Naval Gazer
Naval Gazer, 1995
£46,620 ($62k USD)
Oct 2022
Christie's
Reclining Nude with Suitors
Reclining Nude with Suitors, 2001
$119,700
May 2022
Christie's
Bad Idea Bad Boy
Bad Idea Bad Boy, 2008
£15,000 ($20k USD)
Jun 2012
Christie's
Deep Sea Diver Clown Struggling with Octopus
Deep Sea Diver Clown Struggling with Octopus, 1996
£34,100 ($45k USD)
Feb 2008
Christie's
Self-Something
Self-Something, 1994
$28,200
Nov 2001
Christie's
Worry Wart
Worry Wart, 1995
$47,000
Nov 2000
Christie's
I'm a Clown in a World of Chimps
I'm a Clown in a World of Chimps
£13,800 ($18k USD)
Dec 1999
Phillips
Space-Ape and Tex
Space-Ape and Tex
$25,800
Christie's
Just Smile Back
Just Smile Back, 2006
$15,240
Dec 2025
Christie's
Performance Anxiety
Performance Anxiety, 2006
Bought In
Oct 2024
Phillips
Cerberus Today
Cerberus Today, 1999
Bought In
Jun 2024
Phillips
Hang in There, Baby
Hang in There, Baby, 2010
Bought In
Jun 2024
Phillips
Plank Boy Hurt
Plank Boy Hurt, 2009
$44,450
Mar 2024
Phillips
It's Over
It's Over, 2008
$25,400
Mar 2024
Christie's
Ibex
Ibex, 2015
$113,400
Mar 2024
Sotheby's
Bozo (i); Bobo (ii)
Bozo (i); Bobo (ii), 1994
$4,374
Oct 2023
Christie's
Deep Sea Diver Clown Struggling with Octopus
Deep Sea Diver Clown Struggling with Octopus, 1996
$44,100
Sep 2023
Phillips
Two works: (i) Plankboy (Narcissus); (ii) Plankboy (Pygmalion)
Two works: (i) Plankboy (Narcissus); (ii) Plankboy (Pygmalion), 2019
$4,064
Jul 2023
Christie's
Figure
Figure, 2000
$18,922
Jun 2023
Sotheby's
Cyclops
Cyclops, 2000
Bought In
Apr 2023
Christie's
Truman Capote
Truman Capote, 1999
$113,400
May 2022
Phillips
Comedy Crisis
Comedy Crisis, 2005
$27,720
Sep 2021
Phillips
Untitled
Untitled, 2003
Bought In
Petzel Gallery · Artsy
Does It Stand?
Does It Stand? , 2025
No longer available
Oil on linen

For Sale 3

Timothy Taylor · Artsy
The Only Marks
The Only Marks, 2019
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Oil on linen
Rodolphe Janssen · Artsy
Wood Chimp
Wood Chimp, 2020
For sale
Oil on linen
greengrassi · Artsy
Here Lies
Here Lies, 2010
For sale
Oil on linen
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Market85 auction results

trending_upPaintings Range
$15.2K – $120K
10 of 17 paintings lots with prices
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$48.0K
Object-type specific
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$44.3K
10 priced paintings lots
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Dec 2025 · $15.2K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
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Paintings: $44.3K medianWorks on paper: $2.2K medianSculpture/objects: $4.4K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Sotheby'sPhillipsPhillips de Pury & Company
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Galleries4

#42 Petzel Gallery
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#51 Taka Ishii Gallery
Instagram
#72 Capitain Petzel
#186 Rodolphe Janssen
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Education1

Alberta University of the Arts
Calgary, AB, Canada
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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News4

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Newport Art Museum launches the Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Society
The Newport Art Museum has launched the Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Society, a new fund to support ambitious exhibition programming. The initiative wa…
exhibitionsFeb 9, 2026
art pulled from print joyce pensato ica miami exhibition
The ICA Miami has organized a major posthumous survey of the late painter Joyce Pensato, opening December 2 and running through March 15. The exhibiti…
exhibitionsNov 26, 2025
art armory week diary new york september
The article is a first-person diary chronicling the author's experiences during Armory Art Week in New York City in September. It begins at the Fulton…
exhibitionsSep 10, 2025
Hometown Revival: Howard Gardiner Cushing at the Newport Art Museum
The Newport Art Museum will present "Howard Gardiner Cushing: A Harmony of Line and Color," the first major retrospective in decades of the Gilded Age…
exhibitionsJul 10, 2025
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Past Exhibitions11

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#186 Rodolphe Janssen

Dismantling

Sean Landers

Rue de Livourne 35 Livornostraat

Mar 19, 2026 — Apr 25, 2026

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Timothy Taylor

Sean Landers Animal Portraits

15 Bolton St, London W1J 8BG, United Kingdom

Jun 6, 2024 — Jul 13, 2024

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#42 Petzel Gallery

Adrift

Sean Landers

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

Mar 9, 2023 — Apr 15, 2023

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#42 Petzel Gallery

Sean Landers Unnatural Disasters

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

May 5, 2022 — May 10, 2022

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#48 Ben Brown Fine Arts

Sean Landers

Sean Landers

12 Brook's Mews, London W1K 4DG, United Kingdom

Nov 13, 2019 — Jan 5, 2020

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#42 Petzel Gallery

Sean Landers

Sean Landers

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

Mar 1, 2018 — May 30, 2018

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#42 Petzel Gallery

North American Mammals

Sean Landers

Nov 13, 2014 — Dec 20, 2014

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#120 Marianne Boesky Gallery

A Midnight Modern Conversation

Sean Landers

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

Apr 21, 2011 — Jun 18, 2011

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#51 Taka Ishii Gallery

Sadness Racket

Sean Landers

Mar 14, 2009 — Apr 7, 2009

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#42 Petzel Gallery

Set of Twelve

Sean Landers

Oct 10, 2008 — Nov 15, 2008

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#51 Taka Ishii Gallery

ショーン・ランダース

Sean Landers

Sep 2, 2006 — Sep 30, 2006

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Art Fair Appearances13

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Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2026
Art Basel — Basel
2025
Art Basel — Basel
2024
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2024
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
Frieze Los Angeles — Los Angeles
2024
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2024
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2023
Art Basel — Basel
2022
Art Basel — Basel
2021
Frieze London — London
2020
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2016
The Armory Show — New York
2014
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Recent Activity20

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Art Fair
Art Basel Hong Kong 2026
Mar 27, 2026
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Exhibition
Dismantling
Mar 19, 2026
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News
Newport Art Museum launches the Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Society
Feb 9, 2026
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News
art pulled from print joyce pensato ica miami exhibition
Nov 26, 2025
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News
art armory week diary new york september
Sep 10, 2025
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News
Hometown Revival: Howard Gardiner Cushing at the Newport Art Museum
Jul 10, 2025
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2025
Jun 19, 2025
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Exhibition
Sean Landers: Lost at Sea
May 9, 2025
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Art Fair
Art Basel Miami Beach 2024
Dec 2, 2024
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Art Fair
Frieze Seoul 2024
Sep 4, 2024
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2024
Jun 11, 2024
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Exhibition
Sean Landers Animal Portraits
Jun 6, 2024
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Exhibition
Animal Portraits
Jun 6, 2024
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Art Fair
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
Mar 26, 2024
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Art Fair
Frieze Los Angeles 2024
Feb 29, 2024
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Art Fair
Art Basel Hong Kong 2023
Mar 23, 2023
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Exhibition
Adrift
Mar 9, 2023
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2022
Jun 14, 2022
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Exhibition
Sean Landers Unnatural Disasters
May 5, 2022
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2021
Sep 24, 2021
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Related News5

exhibitions Rodney McMillian at Capitain Petzel Contemporary Art Daily / Jun 12, 2026 exhibitions Frieze Seoul 2026 Expands Its Reach with New Curated Sections and Over 125 Galleries FAD Magazine / Jun 9, 2026 culture Art Problems: Are My Friends Using Me to Get Shows? Hyperallergic / Jun 15, 2026 exhibitions Bigger, stranger, darker: Anish Kapoor's Hayward homecoming wallpaper.com / Jun 15, 2026 exhibitions Tamara Dean Blurs the Boundary Between Bodies and Natural Landscapes Colossal / Jun 15, 2026