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Artists›Jim Nutt

Jim Nutt

1938

WA-00012548

PaintingSurrealismPop ArtContemporary

Representation

None documented

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70%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ6197218

MoMA

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (3)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4348
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/jim-nutt
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
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Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (59)

Drawing for Stem

2004 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

40.6 × 38.1 cm (16 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Drawing for Suit

2001 · Pencil on colored paper

Museum of Modern Art

Whisk

1999 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, and oil on medium-density fiberboard frame

23 3/8" x 23 3/8" (59.4 x 59.4 cm) including frame

Museum of Modern Art

Drawing for Whisk

1998 · Pencil on colored paper

13 1/8 x 13 1/8" (33.3 x 33.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Daft

1991 · Acrylic on canvas

73.7 × 71.1 cm (29 × 28 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drawing for Fret

1990 · Pencil on colored paper

13 x 13" (33 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lovely, Just Lovely

1980 · Colored pencils and graphite on tan wove paper

30.5 × 20.5 cm (12 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Look and Look

1978 · Colored pencils and graphite on tan wove paper

25.4 × 35.6 cm (10 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

your so coarse (tish tish)

1977 · Hard ground etching in black on light gray handmade paper

Plate: 22.5 × 20 cm (8 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 49.5 × 40 cm (19 1/2 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

WattsOS

"you hoo--little boy"

1977 · Etching, printed in color

plate 3 15/16 x 4 5/16" (10 x 11 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

"oh! my goodness" (no no)

1977 · Etching

plate 9 15/16 x 11 7/8" (25.3 x 30.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

oh! my goodness (NO NO)

1976 · Etching in black on light gray handmade paper

Plate: 25 × 30.2 cm (9 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 52 cm (19 15/16 × 20 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

you hoo-little Boy

1976 · Etching in black on paper

Plate: 10 × 10.8 cm (3 15/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 35.5 × 32 cm (14 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I'm not stopping

1976 · Hard ground etching, with plate tone, in black on handmade, light gray paper

Plate: 10 × 17.5 cm (3 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 35.5 × 37.3 cm (14 × 14 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nice Move

1975 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

37.8 × 33 cm (14 15/16 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jim Nutt

1975 · Offset lithograph in black and gray on coated off-white wove paper

Sheet: 12.2 × 23.8 cm (4 13/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

WattsOS

A Certain Distance Between Them

1975 · Ballpoint pen and pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Please Listen to Me

1975 · Pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Jim Nutt

1974 · Offset lithograph in black and gray on coated white wove paper

Sheet: 58 × 49.1 cm (22 7/8 × 19 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fudge and Smudge

1973 · Offset lithograph in gray on coated off-white wove paper

Sheet: 28 × 21.5 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lip Thrashed

1972 · Acrylic on metal

61 × 50.8 × 30.5 cm (24 × 20 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sally Slips Bye-Bye

1972 · Acrylic on canvas

106.7 × 79 cm (42 × 31 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paintings by Jim Nutt

1972 · Offset lithograph in black on coated off-white wove paper

Sheet: 27.9 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jim Nutt

1971 · Offset lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

Sheet: 13.9 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

59 published of 71 catalogued · 65 with image

Art Institute Chicago
47 published47 img
MoMA
12 publishedof 24 catalogued18 img

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements4

Surrealism Pop Art Contemporary Op Art

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

14 lots · 2020–2026

Background

Education

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Visual Arts

Market

Auction History

Range: $750 – $478,800

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Oh, I feel lost	Christie's	Feb 2026	$20,000 – $30,000	$19,050
Drawing for Gulf	Christie's	Jul 2025	$30,000 – $50,000	Unsold
Untitled	Christie's	Feb 2025	$40,000 – $60,000	Unsold
There Are Reasons	Christie's	May 2024	$30,000 – $50,000	Unsold
Perhaps You Should	Christie's	May 2024	$30,000 – $50,000	Unsold
Twixt	Christie's	Mar 2024	$3,000 – $5,000	Unsold
Untitled	Christie's	Sep 2023	$40,000 – $60,000	$60,480
Untitled	Christie's	Mar 2023	$40,000 – $60,000	$107,100
Plume	Christie's	Mar 2023	$200,000 – $300,000	$478,800
Drawing for Plume	Christie's	Mar 2023	$30,000 – $50,000	$37,800

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