Shirley Baker

British | 1932 - 2014

Shirley Baker was a British Postwar & Contemporary photographer who was born in 1932. Their work is currently being shown at Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Barbican Art Gallery have featured Shirley Baker's work in the past.Shirley Baker's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 80 USD to 3,489 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2009 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,489 USD for MANCHESTER, sold at Chiswick Auctions in 2023. Shirley Baker has been featured in articles for FAD Magazine, The Guardian and The Art Newspaper. The most recent article is New photography exhibition on view at the Crocker written for ArtDaily in November 2024. The artist died in 2014.

At Auction

Notable Lots

TWO BOYS ,1965

By Shirley Baker

+44%

above mid-estimate

Salford ,1962

By Shirley Baker

-45%

below mid-estimate

TODDLER IN A DEMOLITION SITE - Shirley Baker

TODDLER IN A DEMOLITION SITE ,1968

By Shirley Baker

-10%

below mid-estimate

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Recent Auction Results

MANCHESTER ,2000

By Shirley Baker

-10%

below mid-estimate

Chiswick Auctions

CHILD AT A WINDOW IN SALFORD - Shirley Baker

CHILD AT A WINDOW IN SALFORD ,1962

By Shirley Baker

-10%

below mid-estimate

Chiswick Auctions

TODDLER IN A DEMOLITION SITE ,1968

By Shirley Baker

-10%

below mid-estimate

Chiswick Auctions

VIEW 14 AUCTION RESULTS

Current Exhibitions

Frames of Mind: The Ramer Photography Collection

Crocker Art Museum

Sacramento | California | USA

Nov 10,2024 - May 04,2025

Past Exhibitions

Shirley Baker: Pavement cracks: The photography sales gallery

Centre for British Photography

St. James's | London | UK

Sep 24,2024 - Nov 01,2024

Café Royal Books

Stills Centre for Photography

Edinburgh | UK

Nov 10,2023 - Feb 10,2024

VIEW 15 EXHIBITIONS

Articles

New photography exhibition on view at the Crocker

ArtDaily 12/11/2024

The exhibition celebrates the recent gift of 68 photographs from the Davis couple, whose collection is united by an engagement with the human condition and a concern for social equity. This donation marks the 50th anniversary of the Ramers’ journey in collecting photography.

Paul’s Gallery of the Week: The Photographers’ Gallery

FAD Magazine 20/12/2023

The Photographers’ Gallery opened in 1971 in Covent Garden as the first UK public gallery dedicated to the medium, moving to a converted former textile warehouse off Oxford Street in 2012.