Memorial II
1994 · Oil on linen
8 x 10' (244 x 305 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Ross Bleckner
1949
New York, USA
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4
Works in Collection
58
Assets Indexed
13
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Ross Bleckner makes immersive, large-scale paintings of stripes, volumetric dots, birds, flowers, and urns, their smoothly layered surfaces generating a hypnotic luminosity against dark grounds. His multicolored cells evoke blood droplets or microscopic organisms, carrying the weight of memento mori rooted in the AIDS crisis of 1980s New York, where the work first emerged as sustained meditation on disease, mortality, and the body.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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Education
New York University
Visual Arts
California Institute of the Arts
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
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George W. Hewlett High School
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Auction History
Range: $17,780 – $277,200
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | Dec 2025 | $20,000 – $30,000 | $17,780 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2025 | $20,000 – $30,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Oct 2023 | £6,000 – £8,000 | £25,200 | |
| Christie's | Jun 2023 | £15,000 – £20,000 | £37,800 | |
| Christie's | May 2023 | $30,000 – $50,000 | $50,400 | |
| Christie's | Mar 2023 | $20,000 – $30,000 | $75,600 | |
| Christie's | Dec 2022 | $6,000 – $8,000 | $23,940 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2022 | $50,000 – $70,000 | $50,400 | |
| Christie's | Sep 2022 | $60,000 – $80,000 | $50,400 | |
| Christie's | Jul 2022 | $12,000 – $18,000 | $23,940 |
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