2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work"
Tue, Sep 29, 2026 12:00PM EDT - Wed, Oct 14, 2026 12:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 112
Jessi Reaves, "process invented the mirror drawing", 2026
Estimate: $6,000 - $6,000
Bid Increments
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| $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 |
Jessi Reaves
process invented the mirror drawing, 2026
Graphite and collage on paper
18 x 24 inches (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
Courtesy Hoffman Donahue, Los Angeles / New York
Jessi Reaves' (b. 1986, Portland, Oregon) practice centers on sculptures that also operate as furniture, rupturing traditional binaries of the functional and the aesthetic. Reaves received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2009. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York (2026); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2025); Galerie Crèvecoeur, Paris (2024); San Carlo, Cremona (2023); The Arts Club of Chicago (2023); Bridget Donahue, New York (2022); High Art, Arles (2022); Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (2021); and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (2021).
Selected group exhibitions include White Columns, New York (2026); Emalin, London (2025); Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2025); Galería Mascota, Mexico City (2025); Sadie Coles HQ, London (2024); Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York (2024); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2023); Museum Brandhorst, Munich (2023); Bridget Donahue, New York (2022); and Lumber Room, Portland (2021).
Reaves' work is in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux; Inhotim, Brumadinho; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; RISD Museum, Providence; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Overall Dimensions
Height: 18.00 in
Width: 24.00 in
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