Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

American, b. 1956

Contemporary New York City-based artist Mark Beard has long demonstrated command in a variety of mediums — he works in oil paint, bronze, ceramics and more. Beard is known mainly for his portraits and figurative paintings, but he is prolific in figurative drawing and nude photography as well.

Beard was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1986, he began working as a set designer, and for the next decade, he created more than 20 sets in New York City, London, Frankfurt, Vienna and Cologne. As a painter and printmaker, Beard didn’t wish to confine himself to a rigid style and instead sought to explore Impressionism, Art Nouveau and other movements in a range of mediums. In order to freely move from one style to the next, Beard created several different personas, assigning a specific biography to each one.

Beard's most prominent artistic alter ego is Bruce Sargeant, whom the artist has positioned in exhibitions as an early 20th-century painter. Beard's work as Sargeant is a detailed study of the male physique. The paintings often feature sculpted athletic men engaged in physical activities like wrestling and rowing. The work is steeped in homoeroticism, and the artist’s name itself is a reference to painter John Singer Sargent — while he’s best known for his Edwardian-era portraits, John Singer Sargent also created murals and drawings of male nudes that were similarly reflective of a homoerotic sensibility.

Beard is also an accomplished landscape painter. His great-grandfather, George Beard, was a regional painter and photographer of the Rocky Mountains. Mark spent summers at his grandfather's 19th-century log cabin retreat as a child. These formative experiences are reflected in his own stunning landscape paintings.

Beard's artwork is held in many high-profile museum collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Today, Beard resides in the Manhattan loft that he purchased in 1994 with his partner, James Manfred. It serves as both his home and his studio. The space is filled with his oil paintings, drawings and sculptures.

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Artist: Mark Beard

Mark BeardUntitled No. 51, 1996

$1,400

Untitled No. 51

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet 10 x 8 inches, image This artwork is offered by Clam...

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1990s Other Art Style Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Mark BeardManhattan Fifteenth Year Reader; 1995: The Grim Years, 2002

$4,000

Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader; 1995: The Grim Years

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Handmade book with 51 collaged linocuts by Mark Beard, also painted and hand-colored by the artist Signed and numbered in pencil Text by Mark Beard, silkscreened in the artist's han...

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Early 2000s Other Art Style Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Mark BeardColumn & Socle, 2001

$1,400

Column & Socle

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Column & Socle 2001 Signed, dated, and inscribed “AP” in pencil, recto Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper 22 x 15 inches, sheet 7.5 x 9.5 inches, image This work is offered by ...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

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Polaroid

Mark BeardNineteen Famous People, Twenty-Two Friends, and Six Nudes, 1992

$12,000

Nineteen Famous People, Twenty-Two Friends, and Six Nudes

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Handmade portfolio of 47 Polaroid transfer prints with accompanying text by Mark Beard, handwritten in pencil (Edition of 10 + 5 APs) Signed and numbered in pencil 15.75 x 11.75 x ...

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1990s Other Art Style Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Frank SchottStanding Ovation - conceptual vignette with red velvet curtain and marble floor, 2016

$4,400

H 60 in W 48 in

Standing Ovation - conceptual vignette with red velvet curtain and marble floor

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Large scale interior photograph of conceptual vignette with dark red velvet curtain and white Carrara marble floor Standing Ovation (2016) by Frank S...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Juan Carlos AlomCuban artist original hand signed photo-engraving n6 22x30 in., 2004

$1,500

H 22 in W 30 in

Cuban artist original hand signed photo-engraving n6 22x30 in.

Located in Miami, FL

Juan Carlos Alom (Cuba, 1964) 'Tarjetas postales', 2004 photoengraving on paper 22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.) Edition of 99 ID: ALO1534-006 Hand-signed ...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure, Engraving

Carla Sutera SardoShining Shining, 2022

$900

H 39.5 in W 26.4 in

Shining Shining

By Carla Sutera Sardo

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento, Italy in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography,...

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2010s Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper

$500

H 15.6 in W 23.5 in

Soeur III

By Carla Sutera Sardo

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...

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2010s Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

Paper, Photographic Paper

Mark BeardJohn Kelly, 1992

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H 11 in W 7.5 in

John Kelly

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 11 x 7.5 inches, sheet size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, ...

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1990s Other Art Style Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Mark BeardDespot Atelier, 2000

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H 22 in W 15 in

Despot Atelier

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed "AP" in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet size 10 x 8 inches, image size This a...

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Early 2000s Other Art Style Mark Beard Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Mark Beard prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Mark Beard prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mark Beard in intaglio, photogravure, linocut and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1990s and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Mark Beard prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 12 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Bob Gruen, Jack Pierson, and George Condo. Mark Beard prints and multiples prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,400 and tops out at $12,000, while the average work can sell for $2,700.