YUE MINJUN Yue Min-Jun (born 1962, Daqing, China) is one of the leading Chinese artists. He is best known for oil paintings depicting formations of his laughing self-portraits in various settings. His iconography is easily recognisable, it challenges social and cultural conventions by depicting objects and political issues in a radical, abstract, ironic and cynical manner. Yue Min-Jun initially started painting as a hobby, subsequently he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Hebei Normal University, China in 1985. In the 90s he joined an artist community in Yuan Ming Yuan, a village near Beijing where he began to form his style and iconography. The paintings, sculptures, and installations of Yue Minjun feature uniform laughing pink faces, which appear to be self-portraits. Through various symbols, metaphors, signs, or through depictions of daily life the artist constructs various realities against which the laughing figures are rendered. "In my work, laughter is a representation of a state of helplessness, lack of strength and participation, with the absence of our rights that society has imposed on us." —Yue Minjun Yue became famous after his participation in the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999, which granted him access to international art. One of the best-known paintings by Yue Minjun and an icon for modern Chinese art and the Cynical Realism movement is Execution. It was painted in 1995 and is generally regarded as a reaction to the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989, as it shows several laughing men in front of an execution squad. The cloned all smiling Minjun self-portraits have become known in the art world as the "Silly Man". As the preparation for his paintings, the artist uses photographs of himself being photographed in various poses. This approach reflects the self-irony of the artist. Yue Minjun is often classified as part of the Chinese "Cynical Realist" movement, however, the artist does not support such attribution. Nevertheless, Yue often challenges social and cultural conventions by depicting objects and political issues in a radical, abstract, ironic and cynical manner.
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Snatched Ecstasy (Portfolio of 20), Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Snatched Ecstasy (Portfolio of 20) Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 × 120 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in) Each print ...
Lithograph
Remarkable People, Pop Art Lithograph by Yue Minjun
By Yue Minjun
Located in Long Island City, NY
Yue Minjun, Chinese (1962 - ) - Remarkable People, Year: 2009, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: XXXII/CXXX, Size: 47.5 x 39.5 in. (120.65 x 100.33 cm),...
Lithograph
Surplus Value (Beige) Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture, Signed
By Yue Minjun
Located in Bristol, GB
Mixed materials (wood & copper) Edition 4 of 75 Signed on the base, and numbered on the base and the accompanying insert card Mint. Small chip on the wooden box bottom back corner, o...
Copper
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The Three Musketeers
By Yue Minjun
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Yue Minjun Title: The Three Musketeers Year: 2022 Medium: Screenprint on Rives BFK paper, deckled edges Edition: 130; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 31 1/2 × 39 2/5 in...
Screen
Surplus Value (Brown) Mixed Media Sculpture, Signed, Edition 4 of 75
By Yue Minjun
Located in Bristol, GB
Mixed materials (wood & copper) Edition 4 of 75 Signed on the base, and numbered on the base and the accompanying insert card Mint. Small chip on the wooden box bottom back corner, o...
Copper
Untitled (Smile-ism No. 20)
By Yue Minjun
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Yue Minjun Title: Untitled (Smile-ism No. 20) Year: 2006 Medium: Lithograph on Rives BFK paper Edition: 45; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 43.50 x 35.25 in. (110.5 x 8...
Lithograph
Untitled (Smile-ism No. 9)
By Yue Minjun
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Yue Minjun Title: Untitled (Smile-ism No. 9) Year: 2006 Medium: Lithograph on Rives BFK paper Edition: 45; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 31.5 x 43.25 in. (80 x 109.9 ...
Lithograph
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Remarkable People, Yue Minjun- Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Remarkable People Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 × 120 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in) Stamped Signature, numbered ...
Lithograph
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Starry Night - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Starry Night Lithograph Edition of 130 120 x 80 cm (47.2 x 31.5 in) Stamped Signature, numbered in Roman numerals In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher PLEAS...
Lithograph
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Hero Here - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Hero Here Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 120 × 80 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in) Stamped Signature, numbered in Roman...
Lithograph
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Paean on Grassland, Yue Minjun - Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, China, Print
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Paean on Grassland Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 x 120 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in) S...
Lithograph
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Sheep Herd - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Sheep Herd Lithograph Edition of 130 120 x 80 cm (47.2 x 31.5 in) Stamped Signature, numbered in Roman numerals In mint condition, as acquired...
Lithograph
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Floating Clouds - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Floating Clouds Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition Lithograph Edition of 130 80 x 120 cm (31.4 x 47.2 in) Stamped Signa...
Lithograph
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Lotus Pool - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Lotus Pool Lithograph in color on wove paper “BFK Rives” Edition of 130 120 x 80 cm (47.2 x 31.4 in) Stamped Signature, numbered in Roman numerals In mint condition, as a...
Lithograph
$2,450
H 22 in W 26 in
Composition Red and Green Lithograph, Pop Art, Hand Signed PP Edition, 1980
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. PP edition. All reasonable offers will be considered.
Paper, Lithograph
$2,800
H 70 in W 60 in D 0.3 in
Kehinde Wiley - Andries Stilte Lt. Ed oversized Towel Wall Hanging 70" x 60"
By Kehinde Wiley
Located in New York, NY
Kehinde Wiley Andries Stilte oversized beach towel, 2008 Silkscreen on 100% Cotton Large Beach Towel or hanging tapestry 70 × 60 inches Edition of 2000 In original packaging with ta...
Cotton, Mixed Media, Screen
$980
H 8 in W 4 in D 6 in
Desert Wall 002 - Mixed Media Southwest Inspired Figurative Wall Rock Sculpture
By Kevin Perrault
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Perrault’s sculptural work exists at the intersection of permanence and play, blending monumentality with quiet intimacy. Working primarily in copper and stone, his figurative ...
Stone, Copper
Sifnos (Aegean Sea Suite)
By Thomas McKnight
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Sifnos" is a serigraph on paper by Thomas McKnight from his 'Aegean Sea Suite', signed 'McKnight' lower right and numbered XXIX/CC lower left. From the edition of 510 (there were al...
Paper, Screen
Garden of Dreams
By Eyvind Earle
Located in Greenwich, CT
Eyvind Earle's Garden of Dreams from 1990 is a traditional screen print on paper, 37 x 28" with framed dimensions of 48 x 38.5". Signed 'Eyvind Earle' lower right and numbered 164/2...
Paper, Screen
The Creative Director (Pharrell)
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz The Creative Director (Pharrell) 2025 Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm fine art paper 36 x 26 inches (91.5 x 66 cm) Edition of 75 Alex Katz...
Screen
$2,500
H 32 in W 24 in
Richard Corman - Jean-Michel Basquiat 1984 print, hand signed numbered by Corman
By Richard Corman
Located in New York, NY
Richard Corman Jean-Michel Basquiat 1984 (Red), 2020 Offset lithograph poster on color archival pigment paper Signed and numbered 2/100 by Richard Corman in silver sharpie on the fro...
Archival Paper, Lithograph, Offset
$78,000
H 80 in W 24 in D 17 in
Linda Stein, Knight of Tomorrow 542 - Contemporary Metal Stone Wood Sculpture
By Linda Stein
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Knight of Tomorrow 542 - Contemporary Metal Stone Wood Sculpture Linda Stein started her Knights of Protection series after she was forced to evacuate her New York downtown studio for a year post-9/11. Stein’s Knights function both as defenders in battle and symbols of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons such as Wonder Woman, Princess Mononoke...
Stone, Metal
$45,000
H 52 in W 18 in D 16 in
Linda Stein, Vestment 628 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Wood Armor Sculpture
By Linda Stein
Located in New York, NY
Vestment 628 from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons such ...
Metal
$240,000
H 43.25 in W 35.75 in D 2 in
Untitled, from Three Lithographs by Keith Haring, Signed, Edition 59/80, 1985
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in black and red, on BFK Rives paper. Hand signed and dated lower right by Keith Haring. Hand numbered 59/80 lower right (there were also twenty artist's proofs). Sheet...
Paper, Lithograph
$10,000
H 33 in W 23.25 in
Sonic Youth at Frankfurt Music Hall (Signed by Raymond Pettibon and Kim Gordon)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in New York, NY
Raymond Pettibon, Kim Gordon Sonic Youth at Frankfurt Music Hall (Hand Signed by Raymond Pettibon and Kim Gordon), 1990 Offset Lithograph Poster Boldly signed, and dated 2016 in ink ...
Lithograph, Offset, Ink
A Sleep at Home
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2026 Lithograph print on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm paper 63 x 56.5 cm Edition of 125 Signed, titled dated and numbered by Emin on the front Mint condition, housed in the orig...
Paper, Lithograph
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H 31.5 in W 47.25 in
Armed Forces - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Armed Forces Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 × 120 cm (31.5 × 47.2 in) Stamped Signature, numbered in Roman ...
Lithograph
The Three Musketeers
By Yue Minjun
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Yue Minjun Title: The Three Musketeers Year: 2022 Medium: Screenprint on Rives BFK paper, deckled edges Edition: 130; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 31 1/2 × 39 2/5 in...
Screen
The Three Musketeers
By Yue Minjun
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Yue Minjun Title: The Three Musketeers Year: 2022 Medium: Screenprint on Rives BFK paper, deckled edges Edition: 130; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 31 1/2 × 39 2/5 in...
Screen
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H 47.25 in W 31.5 in
Pine Tree - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Pine Tree Lithograph Edition of 130 120 x 80 cm (47.2 x 31.5 in) Signed and numbered, accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity In mint condition, as acquired from the...
Lithograph
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H 47.25 in W 31.5 in
Big Swans - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Big Swans Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 x 120 cm (31.5 x 47.2 in) Signed and numbered, accompanied by Cert...
Lithograph