Considered a key member of The Pictures Generation, Sarah Charlesworth (b. 1947, East Orange, NJ, d. 2013, Falls Village, CT) is known for her conceptually-driven and visually alluring photo-based works. Through her exacting forms, assiduous process, and subjective interventions, Charlesworth aimed to subvert and deconstruct cultural imagery.
Charlesworth’s work has been the subject of one-person exhibitions at a number of institutions, including the major survey, Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld, at the New Museum, New York (2015), which traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2017); Stills at the Art Institute of Chicago, IL (2014); a retrospective organized by SITE Santa Fe (1997), which traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (1998); the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (1998); and the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art (1999). Her work is in important public collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Charlesworth taught photography for many years at the School of Visual Arts, New York; the Rhode Island School of Design; and Princeton University.
Sarah Charlesworth
Stag, 1983 - 1984
cibachrome with lacquered wood frame
41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Edition 3 of 3, 2AP
Sarah Charlesworth
Devil, 2002
cibachrome print with lacquered wood frame
28 x 22 1/2 in. (72.4 x 58.4 cm)
Edition 2 of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Tall Table, 2002
fuji crystal archive print with lacquered wood frame
57 1/2 x 31 5/8 x 1 in. (146.1 x 80.3 x 2.5 cm)
Edition 2 of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Teapot, 2002
fuji crystal archive print with lacquered wood frame
28 x 22 1/2 in. (71.1 x 57.2 cm)
Edition 5 of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Fruit Colored Fruit, 2002
cibachrome print with lacquered wood frame
28 x 22 1/2 in. (71.1 x 57.2 cm)
Edition 6 of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Pencil, 2002
cibachrome print with lacquered wood frame
41 x 31 x 1 in. (104.1 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm)
Edition 7 of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Book, 2002
fuji crystal archive print with lacquered wood frame
22 5/8 x 28 1/8 x 3/4 (57.5 x 71.4 x 1.9 cm)
Edition 2 of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Moon, 2002
cibachrome print with lacquered wood frame
41 x 31 x 1 in. (104.1 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm)
Edition 4 of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Fire, 2002
cibachrome print with lacquered wood frame
31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Edition 4 of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Down, Down, Down, 2002
cibachrome print with lacquered frame
52 x 42 in. (132.1 x 106.7 cm)
Edition 1 of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
United We Stand/A Nation Divided, 1979 (released 2003)
2 black and white prints
each frame: 16 3/8 x 13 1/8 in. (41.6 x 33.3 cm)
Edition 3 of 5, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth, Tiger, 1985, Cibachrome with lacquered wood frame, frame: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm), AP1, Edition of 3, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Light Break, 1981
black and white mural print, mounted with lacquered wood frame
86 x 50 x 1 3/4 in. (218.4 x 127 x 4.4 cm)
Sarah Charlesworth
Red Scarf, 1983
Cibachrome with lacquered wood frame
42 x 32 in. (81.3 x 106.7 cm)
Edition of 3, 3 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Pipe, 2002
Fuji Crystal Archive print with lacquered wood frame
31 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. (80 x 105.4 cm)
frame: 34 x 44 x 1 in. (86.4 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm)
Edition of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Rider, 1983-1984
cibachrome with lacquered wood frame
frame: 20 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (52.1 x 40 x 3.2 cm)
Edition of 7, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleword, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 20, 2017 - February 4, 2018, art © The Estate of Sarah Charlesworth. photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Sarah Charlesworth
Red Veils, 1992-93
Cibachrome with lacquered wood frame
44 x 54 1/2 in. (111.8 x 138.4 cm)
Edition of 6, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Regarding Venus, 2012
Fuji Crystal Archive prints with lacquered frames
41 x 63 in. (104.1 x 160 cm)
Edition of 8, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Doubleworld, 1995
Cibachrome print with mahogany frame
50 1/4 x 41 x 1 3/16 in. (127.6 x 104.1 x 3 cm)
Edition of 6, + 2 APs
Stills, 1980. Installation view, Art Institute of Chicago, 2014, © The Estate of Sarah Charlesworth.
Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleword, New Museum, New York, 2015, Courtesy New Museum, New York. Photo: Maris Hutchinson.
Sarah Charlesworth
Maps, 1987
cibachrome with lacquered wood frame
diptych, overall: 41 x 61 1/4 x 2 in. (104.1 x 155.6 x 5.1 cm)
Edition of 4, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Samurai, 1981
black and white mural print, mounted with lacquered wood frame
frame: 63 7/8 x 49 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (162.2 x 126.7 x 4.1 cm)
Edition of 3, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleword, New Museum, New York, 2015, Courtesy New Museum, New York. Photo by Benoit Pailley.
Sarah Charlesworth
Stone Tablet, 1981
black and white mural print, mounted with lacquered wood frame
frame: 65 7/8 x 49 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (167.3 x 126.7 x 4.1 cm)
Edition of 3, + 2 APs
Sarah Charlesworth
Separation, 1991
Dye-sublimation prints (2) lacquered wood frames
each image: 52 x 19 in. (132.1 x 48.3 cm)
each frame: 56 x 23 in. (142.2 x 58.4 cm)
overall: 56 x 48 in. (142.2 x 121.9 cm)
Edition of 5, + 2AP's
Sarah Charlesworth
Fashion Collage, 1983-1984
cibachrome with lacquered wood frame
frame: 20 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (52.1 x 40 x 3.2 cm)
Edition of 7, + 2 APs
