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Artist: Bruce Nauman
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Prints & Multiples
13 May 2025

314 Bruce Nauman

Untitled (from the Fingers and Holes series)

estimate: $3,000–5,000

starting bid: $2,400

Prints & Multiples, 13 May 2025
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315 Bruce Nauman

Untitled (from the Fingers and Holes series) (two works)

estimate: $3,000–5,000

starting bid: $2,200

Prints & Multiples, 13 May 2025
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316 Bruce Nauman

Untitled (from the Fingers and Holes series)

estimate: $2,000–3,000

starting bid: $1,600

Prints & Multiples, 13 May 2025
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More past auctions are coming soon! Please view our archive website to view older sale results.

Past Auctions

Photographs
1 May 2025

167 Bruce Nauman

Violent Incident - Man-Woman, Segment (Parkett 10)

estimate: $1,500–2,500

result: $2,286

Prints & Multiples
8 January 2025

130 Bruce Nauman

Sequence

estimate: $1,500–2,500

result: $1,397

Editions & Works on Paper
18 December 2024

357 Bruce Nauman

Four works from the Infrared Outtakes portfolio

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $5,670

Prints & Multiples
15 May 2024

102 Bruce Nauman

Normal Desires

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $4,410

Editions & Works on Paper
18 April 2024

352 Bruce Nauman

Burning Small Fires

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $8,190

Prints + Multiples
14 February 2024

197 Bruce Nauman

Untitled

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $1,032

Every Day is Different: The Collection of Jason Pickleman
14 September 2023

197 Bruce Nauman

Caffeine Dreams

estimate: $300–500

result: $441

Artists' Books & Ephemera from an Important Private Collection
15 March 2023

371 Bruce Nauman

LAAIR

estimate: $500–700

result: $567

372 Bruce Nauman

Burning Small Fires

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $6,192

Prints + Multiples
15 February 2023

162 Bruce Nauman

Perfect Door; Perfect Odor; Perfect Rodo (three works)

estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $9,675

257 Bruce Nauman

I Learned Helplessness From Rats

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $2,580

259 Bruce Nauman

Learned Helplessness in Rats

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $2,580

262 Bruce Nauman

Human Companionship, Human Drain

estimate: $2,500–3,500

result: $2,064

265 Bruce Nauman

T.V. Clown

estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $3,354

267 Bruce Nauman

Large Carousel

estimate: $2,500–3,500

result: $1,935

Prints & Multiples
11 January 2023

154 Bruce Nauman

Suposter

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $1,260

Prints + Multiples
8 September 2022

229 Bruce Nauman

Untitled

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $8,750

Art + Design
23 June 2022

110 Bruce Nauman

Normal Desires

estimate: $6,000–8,000

result: $6,250

Prints + Multiples
16 June 2022

212 Bruce Nauman

Untitled

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $1,500

Prints & Multiples
29 April 2022

248 Bruce Nauman

Life Fly Lifes Flies (from the Leo Castelli 90th Birthday portfolio)

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $2,000

Cover to Cover: Artists' Books & Ephemera
10 March 2022

237 Bruce Nauman

Clearsky

estimate: $500–700

result: $3,500

238 Bruce Nauman

LA AIR

estimate: $500–700

result: $688

240 Bruce Nauman

Burning Small Fires

estimate: $500–700

result: $5,250

Living Contemporary
2 March 2022

345 Bruce Nauman

Life Fly Lifes Flies (from the Leo Castelli 90th Birthday portfolio)

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $3,250

Prints + Multiples
24 February 2022

237 Bruce Nauman

Caned Dance (from the Merce Cunningham portfolio)

estimate: $1,500–2,500

result: $1,500

Art + Design
22 February 2022

113 Bruce Nauman

Archival 16mm film reel

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $21,250

Prints + Multiples
13 October 2021

257 Bruce Nauman

Shit and Die

estimate: $10,000–15,000

result: $10,625

Post War & Contemporary Art
17 September 2021

140 Bruce Nauman

Pay Attention

estimate: $70,000–90,000

result: $150,000

Prints + Multiples
16 June 2021

402 Bruce Nauman

Life Fly Life Flies (from The Leo Castelli 90th Birthday portfolio)

estimate: $2,000–3,000

20th Century Modern Art & Design
23 May 2021

113 Bruce Nauman

Normal Desires

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $13,750

Prints from an Important Chicago Collection
19 May 2021

331 Bruce Nauman

Violins / Violence

estimate: $7,000–9,000

result: $6,875

Art + Design
22 April 2021

483 Bruce Nauman

Caffeine Dreams

estimate: $300–500

result: $875

Art + Design
18 November 2020

102 Bruce Nauman

Untitled (from the Fingers and Holes series)

estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $6,250

20 | 21 Art
9 July 2020

161 Bruce Nauman

Burning Small Fires

estimate: $700–900

result: $3,750

Art + Design
16 January 2020

511 Bruce Nauman

Caffeine Dreams

estimate: $300–500

result: $1,500

Art + Design
11 April 2019

123 Bruce Nauman

Caffeine Dreams

estimate: $300–500

result: $750

288 Bruce Nauman

Who What When Where exhibition poster

estimate: $300–500

result: $500

Modern Art & Design
17 February 2019

202 Bruce Nauman

Untitled (Green)

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $2,500

The Collection of Gerard L. Cafesjian
18 November 2018

138 Bruce Nauman

Clown Taking a Shit

estimate: $10,000–15,000

result: $17,500

139 Bruce Nauman

Caned Dance (from Merce Cunningham)

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $2,000

140 Bruce Nauman

Suposter

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $1,750

141 Bruce Nauman

Untitled

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $3,438

Modern Art & Design
30 September 2018

50 Bruce Nauman

Untitled

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $2,500

Art + Design
18 January 2018

235 Bruce Nauman

Who What When Where exhibition poster

estimate: $300–500

result: $250

240 Bruce Nauman

Caffeine Dreams

estimate: $300–500

result: $585

Prints & Multiples
22 June 2017

119 Bruce Nauman

Caffeine Dreams

estimate: $300–500

result: $813

120 Bruce Nauman

Fingers and Holes (seven works)

estimate: $10,000–15,000

result: $11,700

154 Bruce Nauman

Who What Where When exhibition poster

estimate: $300–500

result: $438

Modern Art & Design
22 May 2016

57 Bruce Nauman

Untitled

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $1,875

Art + Design
25 February 2016

139 Bruce Nauman

Untitled (study for Hanging Spinning Cat)

estimate: $15,000–20,000

result: $13,750

Modern Art & Design
18 May 2014

8 Bruce Nauman

Use Me

estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $9,375

Modern Art & Design
19 May 2013

92 Bruce Nauman

Untitled

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $2,500

93 Bruce Nauman

Untitled

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $2,125

Modern Art & Design
6 May 2012

17 Bruce Nauman

Raw-War

estimate: $18,000–25,000

result: $21,250

18 Bruce Nauman

Untitled (Green)

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $1,125

Important Modern Art & Design
11 December 2011

146 Bruce Nauman

Untitled (Green)

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $1,500

Modern Art & Design
17 October 2010

69 Bruce Nauman

Life Fly Lifes Flies (from the Leo Castelli Portfolio)

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $2,450

Post War + Contemporary Art
10 December 2009

934 Bruce Nauman

Pearl Masque

estimate: $3,000–4,000

result: $3,125

Important Design (Day 2)
20 May 2008

512 Bruce Nauman

Violins/Violence

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $5,400

Modern Art & Design
10 February 2008

298 Bruce Nauman

Untitled

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $2,160

California Modern Art & Design
14 October 2007

15 Bruce Nauman

Clear Sky

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $1,440

Post War + Contemporary Art
21 November 2006

124 Bruce Nauman

Untitled (Cross Beams)

estimate: $25,000–35,000

Modern Design
1 October 2000

117 Bruce Nauman

Footsteps from the S.M.S. Portfolio

estimate: $600–800

result: $1,380

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