Prime Moments II
1999 · Screenprint, acrylic paint and watercolour on paper
image: 529 x 783 mm
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Al Held
1928–2005
New York, NY, USA
PaintingAbstract ArtAbstract ExpressionismExpressionism
Representation
None documented
15
Institutional Exhibitions
39
Works in Collection
71
Assets Indexed
11
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Movements
- • Abstract Art
- • Abstract Expressionism
- • Expressionism
- • Geometric Abstraction
Related Artists
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Contemporary Works from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989–1990
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Abstractions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988–1989
No image
Contemporary Works from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987–1988
No image
For 25 Years: Crown Point Press
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987–1988
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Drawing since 1940
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987
About
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Graph relationships
Taste overlap and adjacency
Movement
Abstract Art
Medium
Painting
Related Artists
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Institutional
Museum Collections
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Artworks (39)
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Shared movement
Dorothy Dehner
Shared movement
Marsden Hartley
Shared movement
Karl Schrag
Shared movement
Lisa Yuskavage
Also painting
Robert Ryman
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Adolph Gottlieb
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Jasper Johns
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Neo Rauch
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Richard Artschwager
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Movements and affiliations
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
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In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Market
Auction sale history
Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction
Background
Education
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Visual Arts · 1953
Art Students League of New York
Visual Arts
Market
Auction History
Range: $10,000 – $312,500
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | Feb 2026 | $30,000 – $50,000 | $76,200 | |
| Christie's | Sep 2025 | $30,000 – $50,000 | $53,340 | |
| Christie's | Feb 2025 | $7,000 – $10,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Jul 2024 | $10,000 – $15,000 | $30,240 | |
| Christie's | Dec 2023 | $50,000 – $70,000 | $56,700 | |
| Christie's | Jul 2023 | $4,000 – $6,000 | $18,900 | |
| Christie's | Jul 2023 | $10,000 – $15,000 | $16,380 | |
| Christie's | May 2023 | $100,000 – $150,000 | $138,600 | |
| Christie's | May 2023 | $10,000 – $15,000 | $40,320 | |
| Christie's | Jul 2022 | £7,000 – £10,000 | £16,380 |
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