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2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work"

Tue, Sep 29, 2026 12:00PM EDT - Wed, Oct 14, 2026 12:00PM EDT
  2026-09-29 12:00:00 2026-10-14 12:00:00 America/New_York Drawing Center Drawing Center : 2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work" https://auction.drawingcenter.org/auctions/the-drawing-center/2026-benefit-auction-the-world-is-the-work-24728
This year's benefit auction and exhibition, "The World Is The Work", brings together artists, curators, and art lovers from The Drawing Center's community. Each guest curator will present a selection of five or more works on paper by artists they admire. Works will be on view at The Drawing Center from October 7 through October 11, and will be available for purchase through a silent auction benefiting The Drawing Center and participating artists. Bidding will begin on September 29 at 12:00 pm ET and end on October 14 at 12:00 pm ET. The Drawing Center rbrickman@drawingcenter.org
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Jean Conner "AT SEA", 1981 
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Jean Conner "AT SEA", 1981 

Estimate: $12,000 - $12,000
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AT SEA, 1981 
Paper Collage
Image: 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (34.29 x 26.04 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (34.29 x 26.04 cm)
Frame: 21 1/4 x 17 3/4 inches (53.98 x 45.09 cm)

 

Courtesy of Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

 

Selected by Gary Garrels

 

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1933, Jean Sandstedt earned a BFA in art at the University of Nebraska and an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. In 1957 she married the artist Bruce Conner and the same day they boarded a flight to San Francisco.  Her art-making includes painting and drawing in addition to collage, the medium for which she is best known. Working consistently for the past 60 years, it’s only in the last few that she’s been “rediscovered” by the art world establishment, resulting in acquisitions by the Whitney Museum of American Art, LACMA, SFMOMA, Centre Pompidou, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the San Jose Museum of Art, which produced a major retrospective in 2022.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 21.25 in
Width: 17.75 in

Artworks purchased at the auction will be available for pickup at The Drawing Center beginning on October 19, 2026. Wrapping of the artwork is provided.

Please call ahead (212.219.2166 x216) to let us know when you plan to come pick up your work.

Shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. Upon request, our staff will provide a list of shippers who deliver to destinations within the United States and overseas.