Sarah Charlesworth

(American, 1947–2013)

Sarah Charlesworth was an American Conceptual artist known for photographic series such as Objects of Desire (1983–1988), which explored culture and semiotics through juxtaposing preexisting images. “To live in a world of photographs is to live in a world of substitutes—or so it seems, whose actual referent is always the other, the described, the reality of a world once removed,” she once said. Born on March 29, 1947 in East Orange, NJ, she went on to receive a BA from Barnard College in 1969 and briefly studied photography under Lisette Model. In 1975, Charlesworth and Joseph Kosuth founded The Fox, a magazine dedicated to art theory, she was also involved in formation of BOMB magazine in 1981. Throughout the 1980s, Charlesworth was closely associated with what became known as the Pictures Generation, alongside Jack Goldstein and Sherrie Levine. The artist died on June 25, 2013 in Falls Village, CT. In 2015, the exhibited “Sarah Charlesworth: Double World” opened at the New Museum in New York and later traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Today, her works are held in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.

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Paula Cooper Has Long Refused to Expand Her Storied Gallery Beyond New York. Now, She's the Latest to Open Shop in Palm Beach

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Paula Cooper Gallery to Represent the Estate of 'Pictures Generation' Artist Sarah Charlesworth

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Sarah Charlesworth Artworks

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Sarah Charlesworth (136 results)
Regarding Venus, 2012

Sarah Charlesworth

Regarding Venus, 2012

Emanuela Campoli

Price on Request

Nike, 2002

Sarah Charlesworth

Nike, 2002

Emanuela Campoli

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Tartan Set (Dress MacLeod, MacGregor, Black..., 1986

Sarah Charlesworth

Tartan Set (Dress MacLeod, MacGregor, Black..., 1986

Krakow Witkin Gallery

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Monkey, 2000

Sarah Charlesworth

Monkey, 2000

Emanuela Campoli

Price on Request

Untitled, 2000

Sarah Charlesworth

Untitled, 2000

Sale Date: February 8, 2024

Auction Closed

Camera with Yellow, 2009

Sarah Charlesworth

Camera with Yellow, 2009

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Easel (i); Brush (ii) [2 works], 2009

Sarah Charlesworth

Easel (i); Brush (ii) [2 works], 2009

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

Auction Closed

Regarding Venus (from Available Light), 2012

Sarah Charlesworth

Regarding Venus (from Available Light), 2012

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

Auction Closed

A Simple Text (White Flowers), 2005

Sarah Charlesworth

A Simple Text (White Flowers), 2005

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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Harness, 1983–1984

Sarah Charlesworth

Harness, 1983–1984

Sale Date: September 27, 2023

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Teacups, 2002

Sarah Charlesworth

Teacups, 2002

Sale Date: September 29, 2023

Auction Closed

Devil (from the Neverland series), 2002

Sarah Charlesworth

Devil (from the Neverland series), 2002

Sale Date: May 24, 2023

Auction Closed

Half Bowl (from Available Light), 2012

Sarah Charlesworth

Half Bowl (from Available Light), 2012

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

Auction Closed

Toile (Blue Version), 2004

Sarah Charlesworth

Toile (Blue Version), 2004

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

Auction Closed

A Simple Text (Red Bowls), 2005

Sarah Charlesworth

A Simple Text (Red Bowls), 2005

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

Auction Closed

Mobile, from Unframed XII, 2004

Sarah Charlesworth

Mobile, from Unframed XII, 2004

Sale Date: July 19, 2022

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Leaf Frame, 2002

Sarah Charlesworth

Leaf Frame, 2002

Sale Date: May 13, 2022

Auction Closed

Moon (from Neverland), 2002

Sarah Charlesworth

Moon (from Neverland), 2002

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

Auction Closed

Regarding Venus (from 'Available Light')

Sarah Charlesworth

Regarding Venus (from 'Available Light')

Sale Date: April 13, 2022

Auction Closed

Stag, 1983–1984

Sarah Charlesworth

Stag, 1983–1984

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Wisdom Through Initiation, 1989

Sarah Charlesworth

Wisdom Through Initiation, 1989

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

Auction Closed

Assumption (from the Renaissance Paintings..., 1991

Sarah Charlesworth

Assumption (from the Renaissance Paintings..., 1991

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

Auction Closed

Seated Buddha (from 0 + 1), 1999

Sarah Charlesworth

Seated Buddha (from 0 + 1), 1999

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

Auction Closed

Goat (from the Objects of Desire II series), 1985

Sarah Charlesworth

Goat (from the Objects of Desire II series), 1985

Sale Date: July 21, 2021

Auction Closed

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