Bruce Conner

(American, 1933–2008)

Bruce Conner was an American conceptual artist and member of the San Francisco Beat movement. His diverse range of films, collages, and sculptural assemblages are defined by the artist’s fascination with the grotesque and mortality. Conner’s inspiration often came from Surrealist artwork and Victorian-era aesthetics, resulting in a unique juxtaposition of form and content, fact and fiction. One of his most famous works, Child (1959), functions as an homage to the executed inmate Caryl Chessman, and takes the form of a haunting skeletal figure rotting in a chair. “My work is described as beautiful, horrible, hogwash, genius, maundering, precise, quaint, avant-garde, historical, hackneyed, masterful, trivial,” the artist once wrote, listing numerous contradictions before concluding “it’s all true.” Born on November 18, 1933 in McPherson, KS, Conner received his BFA from Nebraska University before studying at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the University of Colorado. Like other artists of his generation such as Robert Rauschenberg and Eva Hesse, he would be influenced by in different contemporary and historical movements, including Abstract Expressionism and Dada. Today, his works can be found in the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. Conner died on July 7, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. In 2016, The Museum of Modern Art in New York mounted a major retrospective titled “It’s All True.”

Bruce Conner Artworks

Bruce Conner (348 results)

Slide from light shows with the North..., 1967

Bruce Conner

Slide from light shows with the North..., 1967

Sale Date: April 20, 2023

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Untitled #3 (8-18-74), 1974

Bruce Conner

Untitled #3 (8-18-74), 1974

Sale Date: March 9, 2023

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Denis Hopper, one man show vol III, no. 11, 1973

Bruce Conner

Denis Hopper, one man show vol III, no. 11, 1973

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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PUFF, 2003

Bruce Conner

Sale Date: December 14, 2022

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Untitled

Bruce Conner

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Bruce Conner

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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The Adventures of a Novel in Four Chapters, 1991

Bruce Conner

The Adventures of a Novel in Four Chapters, 1991

Sale Date: November 6, 2022

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#108, 1970–1971

Bruce Conner

#108, 1970–1971

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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#210, 1970–1971

Bruce Conner

#210, 1970–1971

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#103, 1970–1971

Bruce Conner

#103, 1970–1971

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Untitled, 1953

Bruce Conner

Untitled, 1953

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#212 Money Honey (two works), 1970–1971

Bruce Conner

#212 Money Honey (two works), 1970–1971

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Center Mandala from #208, 1970–1971

Bruce Conner

Center Mandala from #208, 1970–1971

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Untitled (Cat), 1956

Bruce Conner

Untitled (Cat), 1956

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#121 Twelve Moons, 1970–1971

Bruce Conner

#121 Twelve Moons, 1970–1971

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Woman in Rain, 1956

Bruce Conner

Woman in Rain, 1956

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Untitled, 1959

Bruce Conner

Untitled, 1959

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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The Sick Lady Collage, 1958

Bruce Conner

The Sick Lady Collage, 1958

Sale Date: September 14, 2022

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CRICKET, 1961

Bruce Conner

CRICKET, 1961

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

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INKBLOT DRAWING, February 13, 1994, 1994

Bruce Conner

INKBLOT DRAWING, February 13, 1994, 1994

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

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Untitled, 1991

Bruce Conner

Untitled, 1991

Sale Date: July 19, 2022

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Sunset Strip, 1965

Bruce Conner

Sunset Strip, 1965

Sale Date: May 3, 2022

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Inkblot Drawing (2/17/1999), 1999

Bruce Conner

Inkblot Drawing (2/17/1999), 1999

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Untitled, September 6, 1967, 1967

Bruce Conner

Untitled, September 6, 1967, 1967

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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