Breeze at Work
1987 · Silver dye-bleach print
Image/paper, approx: 95 × 136 cm (37 7/16 × 53 9/16 in.); 117.5 × 158 × 4 cm (46 5/16 × 62 1/4 × 1 5/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
Sandy Skoglund
American, 1946
WA-00052741
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- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
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- Artsy (bulk)Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%
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Sandy Skoglund constructs elaborate painted environments populated with sculptural forms and costumed figures, then photographs them as unified installations. Her practice fuses photography, painting, and sculpture into a single conceptual gesture, collapsing the boundaries between art object and document. Working since the 1970s, she has pioneered staged photography as a vehicle for conceptual inquiry, creating densely composed scenes that function simultaneously as photographs, installations, and paintings. Her work is held by major museums including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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University of Paris
Visual Arts
University of Iowa
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Smith College
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| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
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| Rago | Dec 2025 | $15,000 – $20,000 | Unsold |
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