John Baldessari

John Baldessari
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John Baldessari

Which art books, prints and posters are available by and about this artist? Here is a sample of items of interest to a typical collector:

For 64 ART, Visionaire collaborated with legendary conceptual artist JOHN BALDESSARI. The issue is divided into 3 editions: Red, Green, and Blue. Each edition contains 10 loose 12X18 inch black & white portraits with embossed color interventions by John Baldessari. The Blue edition features Lupita Nyong’o, Ai Weiwei, Kate Upton, Dustin Hoffman, Psy, Kirsten Dunst, Kate & Laura Mulleavy with Catherine Opie, Cameron Diaz, Michael Stipe and KAWS.

Book images
2014
with:
Edition:
1st
Edition size:
500
Numbered 307/500
Out of Print
Other edition(s):
10 loose prints with embossed color interventions in a slipcase.
ISBN:
Condition: Near Fine

For 64 ART, Visionaire collaborates with legendary conceptual artist JOHN BALDESSARI. The issue is divided into 3 editions: Red, Green, and Blue. Each edition contains 10 loose 12X18 inch black & white portraits with embossed color interventions by John Baldessari. They were each released separately in a limited quantity of 500 numbered copies. This Green edition features Gisele Bündchen, Maurizio Cattelan, Drake, Julianne Moore, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Cunningham & Antonio Lopez, Neil Patrick Harris, John Waters, Lionel Messi and Yoko Ono.

For 64 ART, Visionaire collaborates with legendary conceptual artist JOHN BALDESSARI. The issue is divided into 3 editions: Red, Green, and Blue. Each edition contains 10 loose 12X18 inch black & white portraits with embossed color interventions by John Baldessari. Sold separately in a limited quantity of 500 numbered copies. This Red edition features James Franco, Miley Cyrus, Marina Abramovic, Ranveer Singh, Yuna Kim, Karlie Kloss, Pedro Almodovar, Drew Barrymore, G-Dragon and Ed Ruscha.

Edition:
9/120
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Signed and numbered on a label affixed to the print's verso.
Year of work:
2011
Image size:
Print size:
508 x 405 mm
Printed in
2011
Framed size:
Provenance:
CCA Wattis Institute
Archival inkjet print on wove paper
Condition:
Mild handling dents with light creasing throughout the sheet
Literature and Collections:
Edition:
12/25
Signed
Year of work:
Image size:
35 x 35 cm
Print size:
41 x 41 cm
Printed in
1999
Framed size:
44 x 44 cm
Provenance:
Blind Spot
C Print
Condition:
Pristine
Literature and Collections:
Edition:
1811/3700
Stamp signed on the print's verso
Year of work:
Image size:
245 x 343 mm
Print size:
245 x 343 mm
Printed in
2016
Framed size:
Provenance:
Kestnergesellschaft
Offset lithography
Condition:
Pristine
Literature and Collections:
edition:
1811/3700
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Stamp signed on the print's verso
Image size:
245 x 343 mm
Year of work:
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John Baldessari (1931–2020) was a pioneering American conceptual artist known for blending text, photography, and appropriated imagery to challenge traditional ideas of art, authorship, and meaning. Based in Southern California, Baldessari became a key figure in the West Coast conceptual art movement, influencing generations of artists with his wit, experimentation, and subversive use of media.

In the late 1960s, Baldessari famously cremated all of his previous paintings and turned to text-based work, using language as both subject and material. His later practice often involved cropping or obscuring faces with colorful dots, combining found film stills, images, and phrases to invite ambiguity and reinterpretation.

A beloved teacher at institutions like CalArts and UCLA, Baldessari mentored numerous major contemporary artists, including David Salle and Mike Kelley.

His work is held in leading collections worldwide, including the MoMA, Tate, and LACMA, and he received numerous honors, such as the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

With humor and rigor, John Baldessari redefined what art could be, proving that ideas—not just objects—could carry powerful visual and cultural weight.