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.

Sarah Charlesworth Artworks

Sarah Charlesworth (136 results)
Denial, 1991

Sarah Charlesworth

Denial, 1991

Sale Date: May 10, 2006

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Pleasures of the text, 1992–1993

Sarah Charlesworth

Pleasures of the text, 1992–1993

Sale Date: December 17, 2005

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Untitled

Sarah Charlesworth

Untitled

Sale Date: December 5, 2005

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Untitled, Heart - Antlers (diptych)

Sarah Charlesworth

Untitled, Heart - Antlers (diptych)

Sale Date: September 21, 2005

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Untitled (Snake photograph)

Sarah Charlesworth

Untitled (Snake photograph)

Sale Date: September 17, 2005

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Fashion collage, 1984

Sarah Charlesworth

Fashion collage, 1984

Sale Date: September 17, 2005

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Tartan (3 works), 1986

Sarah Charlesworth

Tartan (3 works), 1986

Sale Date: September 28, 2005

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Untitled (Ego), 1991

Sarah Charlesworth

Untitled (Ego), 1991

Sale Date: June 6, 2005

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Untitled (Snake photograph)

Sarah Charlesworth

Untitled (Snake photograph)

Sale Date: June 6, 2005

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Untitled (Blue photo)

Sarah Charlesworth

Untitled (Blue photo)

Sale Date: December 13, 2004

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Untitled (Broken red vase), 1982–1983

Sarah Charlesworth

Untitled (Broken red vase), 1982–1983

Sale Date: December 13, 2004

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Deux verres

Sarah Charlesworth

Deux verres

Sale Date: May 12, 2004

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Coupelle jaune sur fond bleu

Sarah Charlesworth

Coupelle jaune sur fond bleu

Sale Date: May 12, 2004

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Masque sur fond vert

Sarah Charlesworth

Masque sur fond vert

Sale Date: May 12, 2004

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Vase éclaté

Sarah Charlesworth

Vase éclaté

Sale Date: May 12, 2004

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Face et surface

Sarah Charlesworth

Face et surface

Sale Date: May 12, 2004

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Blue scarf

Sarah Charlesworth

Blue scarf

Sale Date: May 12, 2004

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Garden of delight, 1987–1987

Sarah Charlesworth

Garden of delight, 1987–1987

Sale Date: November 18, 2003

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Sphinx, 1986–1986

Sarah Charlesworth

Sphinx, 1986–1986

Sale Date: May 16, 2001

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Super Buddha, 1986–1986

Sarah Charlesworth

Super Buddha, 1986–1986

Sale Date: February 20, 2001

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Madonna, 1985–1985

Sarah Charlesworth

Madonna, 1985–1985

Sale Date: February 20, 2001

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Goat, 1986–1986

Sarah Charlesworth

Goat, 1986–1986

Sale Date: November 17, 2000

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Snakegirl

Sarah Charlesworth

Snakegirl

Sale Date: October 26, 2000

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Snakegirl

Sarah Charlesworth

Snakegirl

Sale Date: October 20, 1999

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