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Nan Goldin

American • b. 1953

Biography

American artist Nan Goldin uses photography to expose the intimate and vulnerable nature of her personal life. Her photographs are raw, authentic, sexual and, at times, highly violent. Her most famous series, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, chronicles Goldin's life during the late 1970s and '80s, following the artist through the gritty, abusive and often dangerous situations she put herself through.

The material being half-autobiographical and half-universal, Goldin attempts to depict the complexities of city living by way of diaristic practices. Having shot New York during its golden years, she has created an expansive archive of the AIDS crisis, drug abuse in the 1980s, underground culture and urban development.

Insights

Goldin titled The Ballad of Sexual Dependency after a song in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera.
Much of the pain present in Goldin's photographs stems from her sister Barbara's suicide.
Photographer David Armstrong is credited with coining Nancy Goldin's nickname, "Nan."

"I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I've lost."

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Nan Goldin
Pawel laughing on the beach, Positano, Italy
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
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Nan Goldin
Tommy by his window, Boston
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
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C.Z. and Max on the beach, Truro, MA.
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $33,020
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Christine floating in the sea, St. Barth's
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,795
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147No Reserve
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Three works: (i) Alf Bold Dead, August 18, 1993; (ii) Fritz Five Days Old, August 18, 1993; (iii) Stromboli at Dawn from the series Alf and Fritz / Volcano
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $2,032
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Simon on the Subway. NYC.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,445
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Nan Goldin
At the bar: Toon, Cee, and So, Bangkok
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £17,780
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Nan Goldin
Joey and Andres in the Hotel Askanischer Hof, Berlin
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,715
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55
Nan Goldin
Self Portrait in Hotel Baur au Lac, Zürich
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £13,970
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Aurèle Caressing Joana’s Teeth, NY
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,715
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Kathleen at the Bowery Bar, NYC
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,715
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50
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Greer and Robert on the bed, New York City
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $35,560
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Nan after being battered
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $30,480
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Ryan in the tub, Provincetown, Mass.
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
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55
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My Red Shelf, NYC
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,096
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Joan Crawford on Fire, Thanksgiving, New Jersey
Estimate $600 - 800
Sold for $1,512
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219
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New York Canyons
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,340
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220
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'Variety' booth, New York City
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,900
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222
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Jimmy Paulette and Misty in the taxi, NYC
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $40,320
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224
Nan Goldin
Simon and Jessica in the Shower
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,340
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226
Nan Goldin
Brian with the Flintstones, NYC
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,340
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91
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Amanda in the Sauna, Hotel Savoy, Berlin
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,190
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92
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Valerie Floating in the Sea, Mayreau, Island
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £11,340
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Simon on the Subway
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $2,016
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