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Timed Auction

2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work"

Tue, Sep 29, 2026 12:00PM EDT - Wed, Oct 14, 2026 12:00PM EDT
Lot 31

Cora Cohen, "03-17", 2017

Estimate: $10,000 - $10,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $100
$1,000 $200
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $20,000

Cora Cohen

03-17, 2017
Colored pencil, ink, and watercolor on paper
Framed: 26 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches (67.3 x 87.6 cm)

Courtesy the estate of Cora Cohen and Greene Naftali, New York

 

Selected by Ivy Shapiro 

 

Cora Cohen (1943 – 2023) lived and worked in New York. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at Greene Naftali, New York (2025); New York Studio School Gallery, New York (2016); Museum Insel Hombroich, Neuss (2011); Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha (1996); Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa (1996); State University of New York at Oneonta, New York (1977); and Bennington College, Vermont (1972); among others. Her work has been featured in institutional group exhibitions at American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York (2012); University of Texas, Dallas (2009); Hunter College Gallery, New York (1999); Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro (1998); Dia Art Foundation, New York (1987); Parrish Art Museum, Southampton (1985); Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield (1976); and Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse (1974), among Others.

 

Cohen's work is in the collections of Bennington College, Vermont; Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania; Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase; Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa; Swedish Arts Council, Stockholm; Wayne State University, Detroit; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro; Harvard Library, Cambridge; and Yale University, New Haven.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 26.50 in
Width: 34.50 in

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