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Artists›Carlos Garaicoa

Carlos Garaicoa

1967

WA-00032425

VideoPhotography

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (2)

Marianne-Boeskyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/carlos-garaicoa
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/28439
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (5)

Untitled (L.A.)

2004 · Gelatin silver prints, thread and pins

Each 39 1/2 × 59 1/4" (100.3 × 150.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Letter to the Censors

2003 · Wood, metal, plasticine, plastic, fabric, video and 10 light boxes

object: 1400 x 2250 x 1150 mm overall display dimensions variable

Tate

Cinema (Bayamo)

2003 · Black and white duratrans photo in lightbox

18.5 × 20.7 cm (7 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cinema (Record)

2003 · Black and white duratrans photo in lightbox

18.5 × 20.7 cm (7 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Plaza Vieja

1994 · Illustrated book with pop-up additions

page (each): 12 3/16 x 18 1/8" (31 x 46 cm); overall: 12 5/8 x 9 7/16 x 1 11/16" (32 x 24 x 4.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (3)

5 published of 7 catalogued · 5 with image

MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued2 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Letter to the Censors
2003 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements1

Photography

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's Phillips

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

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Market

Auction History

Range: $1,250 – $40,000

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Cocoon	Christie's	Oct 2024	$20,000 – $30,000	Unsold
El juego de las decapitaciones (The Decapitation Game)	Christie's	Sep 2024	$15,000 – $20,000	$30,240
Solarium	Christie's	May 2024	$4,000 – $6,000	$4,410
The First Sowing of Hallucinogeneic Mushrooms in Havana	Christie's	Mar 2024	$15,000 – $20,000	Unsold
Aerostática	Christie's	Sep 2023	$20,000 – $30,000	Unsold
Jardín Japonés (Japanese Garden)	Christie's	Jun 2022	£4,000 – £6,000	£6,930
Mi última palabra/My Last Word	Christie's	Oct 2019	$1,000 – $1,500	$1,250
Jardín Japonés (Japanese Garden)	Christie's	Apr 2019	$4,000 – $6,000	Unsold
Untitled	Christie's	Nov 2011	$10,000 – $15,000	$40,000

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