John Baldessari: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Coosje van Bruggen, John Baldessari (1990), is a well-illustrated catalog that accompanied the artist’s 1990 retrospective. Meg Cranston, Diedrich Diederichsen, and Thomas Weski, Baldessari: While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else Is Happening There: Works, 1988–1999 (1999), is in English and German. Sharon Coplan Hurowitz, John Baldessari: A Catalogue Raisonné of Prints and Multiples, 1971–2007 (2009), examines and illustrates the artist’s career in printmaking. Jessica Morgan and Leslie Jones, John Baldessari: Pure Beauty (2009), is an exhibition catalog. Patrick Pardo and Robert Dean (eds.), John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vol. (2012–13), covers his work from 1956 through 1986.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 13, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 29, 2024
He died on January 2, 2020. Jan 06, 2020
Bibliography revised. Dec 22, 2015
Added information about Baldessari's work in the 21st century and mentioned his awards and exhibitions. Dec 22, 2015
Bibliography revised and updated. Oct 18, 2007
Article revised and updated. Sep 27, 2007
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