Jon Sarkin’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the MoMA Archives (Calvin Tomkins Papers), the Cape Ann Museum, the DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, and Pingry School.
JS-0000-7431
Condition: Good
Certificate of Authenticity included
Right of first refusal retained by the estate.
Provenance: Estate of the artist
$29,000.00
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A dark face emerges from poured blue and teal paint, framed by stenciled words: HEART, MINGUS, COOL, ART. Charles Mingus, named three times, presides over the canvas like a title card. Oil pastel and paint on unstretched canvas, with drips running off the lower edge.
Exhibited: The Pingry School, Basking Ridge, NJ, 2026.
Authenticated by The Jon Sarkin Estate. Ships from Gloucester, MA.
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Why This Work Matters
“Sarkin’s work approaches what André Breton dreamed of but which most Surrealists never achieved: pure psychic automatism.”
Colin Rhodes — Distinguished Professor; Contributing Editor, Raw Vision; in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Featured in: Gloucester gallery opens to cement Jon Sarkin’s artistic legacy — Amelia Mason, WBUR, May 2025.