Bruce Nauman

American | 1941

Bruce Nauman is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1941.

How much does a Bruce Nauman cost?

Bruce Nauman's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 25 USD to 8,996,400 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Bruce Nauman's most expensive sculpture?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 8,996,400 USD for Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2021. In the past 12 months, his prints & graphic art have averaged 4,246 USD.

Where can I see Bruce Nauman's works?

His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Galerie Chantal Crousel in Paris. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Museo Jumex have featured Bruce Nauman's work in the past.

Bruce Nauman in the news

Bruce Nauman has been featured in articles for e-flux, Observer and The Brooklyn Rail. The most recent article is From Everyday Movements to Art: Cinthia Marcelle and the Legacy of 1960s Performance at Kunsthalle Mainz written for ArtDaily in January 2025.

Featured for Sale

Life fly Lifes Flies from the portfolio of Leo Castelli’s 90th Birthday ,1997

By Bruce Nauman

Hamilton Selway Fine Art

Studies for Holograms ,1970

By Bruce Nauman

Christie's New York

7Bruce Nauman (b.1941)
Use Me (Cordes 59)
Etching, 1988, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 35, printed at Simmelink/Sukimoto Editions, Marina del Rey, published by Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, on Somerset Satin paper, with full margins, sheet 394 x 457mm (15 1/2 x 18in) ,1988

By Bruce Nauman

Forum Auctions London

VIEW 3 ARTWORKS FOR SALE

At Auction

Notable Lots

Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain

By Bruce Nauman

+63%

above mid-estimate

Andrew Head/Andrew Head, Stacked - Bruce Nauman

Andrew Head/Andrew Head, Stacked ,1990

By Bruce Nauman

+12%

above mid-estimate

Masturbating Man ,1985

By Bruce Nauman

VIEW 1,163 ARTWORKS

Upcoming Lots

Studies for Holograms ,1970

By Bruce Nauman

Christie's New York

Post-Auction Lots for Sale

7Bruce Nauman (b.1941)
Use Me (Cordes 59)
Etching, 1988, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 35, printed at Simmelink/Sukimoto Editions, Marina del Rey, published by Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, on Somerset Satin paper, with full margins, sheet 394 x 457mm (15 1/2 x 18in) ,1988

By Bruce Nauman

Forum Auctions London

8Bruce Nauman (b.1941)
Suck Cuts (Cordes 17; Gemini 435)
Lithograph, 1973, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 34, published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamp, on Arjomari paper, the full sheet printed near the edges, sheet 984 x 796mm (38 3/4 x 31 1/4in) ,1973

By Bruce Nauman

Forum Auctions London

Recent Auction Results

Study for an Announcement, 1987 - Bruce Nauman

Study for an Announcement, 1987 ,1987

By Bruce Nauman

Hindman, Chicago

Clown torture lenticular postcard - Bruce Nauman

Clown torture lenticular postcard ,1999

By Bruce Nauman

+25%

above mid-estimate

Uniques & Antiques Auctioneers

Body Pressure, 1974 ,1974

By Bruce Nauman

Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr, Brussels

VIEW 1,107 AUCTION RESULTS

Current Exhibitions

Égrégore

Galerie Chantal Crousel

3e | Paris | France

Feb 08,2025 - Mar 08,2025

Bruce Nauman: Pasadena Years

Marian Goodman Gallery, Los Angeles

Los Angeles | California | USA

Feb 19,2025 - Apr 26,2025

Extreme Tension: Art Between Politics And Society 1945–1990

Neue Nationalgalerie

Mitte | Berlin | Germany

Nov 18,2023 - Sep 28,2025

VIEW 542 EXHIBITIONS

Articles

From Everyday Movements to Art: Cinthia Marcelle and the Legacy of 1960s Performance at Kunsthalle Mainz

ArtDaily 25/01/2025

At Kunsthalle Mainz, the video works are presented adjacent to each other and sequentially in a timed, rhythmic choreography, thereby emphasizing the chronological aspects of processes and the performative nature of each show.

Bodies in Motion–Form in the Making

e-flux 24/01/2025

The exhibition Bodies in Motion – Form in the Making sets performance-based video works by internationally renowned artist Cinthia Marcelle

Winter/Spring 2025 Public Programs

e-flux 23/01/2025

Winter/spring 2025 public programs

View All Articles

Coverage

“ ..Explicit political connotations have been a major focus of Nauman's work since the beginning of the 1980s... ”
Click for full text

Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum of Contemporary Art

“ ..Since the 1960s, Nauman's radical interdisciplinary approach has challenged conventions while producing new methodologies for making art and meaning... ”
Click for full text

Gagosian Gallery, New York (980 Madison Avenue)

“ ..Since the 1960s, Nauman's radical interdisciplinary approach has challenged conventions while producing new methodologies for creating art and meaning... ”
Click for full text

Gagosian Gallery, New York (Park & 75th)

“ ..Nauman investigates and purposefully challenges the traditional dichotomies between the body and mind, sight and sound, memory and contemporaneity, offering insights into the paradoxical nature of the... ”
Click for full text

Philadelphia Museum of Art

“ ..According to Nauman, the concentric circles of tape affixed to the floor represent a cut that bisects a cone the apex of which begins at the center of the earth and ultimately projects out to the universe... ”
Click for full text

Sperone Westwater