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Jailbreak
2012 · Oil, inkjet printing, alkyd, and mixed media on canvas
54 × 80 1/2 in. (137.2 × 204.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Nate Lowman
1979
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3
Works in Collection
24
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10
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Nate Lowman combines alkyd paint, found objects, and appropriated imagery from pop culture and news media into paintings and installations that collapse the boundaries between high art material and vernacular visual culture. His work operates within a register of deliberate awkwardness, where crude execution and deadpan juxtaposition become formal strategies rather than limitations. Represented by David Zwirner, Lowman's practice treats the canvas and sculptural form as sites for processing the visual noise and affective debris of contemporary life.
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David Zwirner
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Auction History
Range: $375 – $509,000
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | Feb 2026 | $8,000 – $12,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Oct 2025 | £8,000 – £12,000 | £10,160 | |
| Christie's | Sep 2025 | $150,000 – $200,000 | $127,000 | |
| Christie's | Sep 2025 | $60,000 – $80,000 | $50,800 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2024 | $30,000 – $40,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Mar 2024 | $70,000 – $100,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Dec 2023 | $8,000 – $12,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Nov 2023 | $40,000 – $60,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Jun 2023 | $4,000 – $6,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Mar 2023 | $50,000 – $70,000 | Unsold |
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