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10 works

Diet 7Up Pot, 2016
Screenprint in colors on stonehenge paper with Vellum finish
10 1/2 x 8 in 26.7 x 20.3 cm
Edition of 150
Jonas Wood's exploration of pots within his artistic repertoire unveils a captivating intersection of tradition and contemporary artistry. Renowned for his distinct visual language, Wood approaches the subject of pots with a meticulous eye for detail and a vibrant color palette. His depictions of pots, whether in isolation or as part of intricate still-life compositions, showcase a fascination with form and pattern. Wood often imbues these everyday objects with a sense of personality, transforming functional vessels into charismatic subjects. Through a skillful blend of representation and abstraction, he breathes life into the ceramic forms, inviting viewers to appreciate the aesthetic beauty inherent in these commonplace items. The pots in Wood's artworks become more than mere objects; they serve as conduits for his exploration of space, color relationships, and the interconnectedness of various elements within his compositions. In essence, Wood's treatment of pots reflects his ability to elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary, infusing his art with a rich narrative that transcends the inherent simplicity of the subject matter.
Price on Application

Diet 7Up Pot, 2016 · Jonas Wood · Bonhams · 2026-02 · $3,072

Diet 7up Pot, 2016 · Jonas Wood · Bonhams · 2026-07 · $2,176


Jonas Wood
8 Pots
2017

Jonas Wood
8 Pots (2)
2017

Jonas Wood
8 Pots (4)
2017

Jonas Wood
8 Pots (6)
2017

Jonas Wood
8 Pots (7)
2017

Jonas Wood
8 Pots (8)
2017

Jonas Wood
Archaeopteryx Lithographica - Dilophosaurus Wetherilli (Set of Two)
2015

Jonas Wood
Fish Pot
2019-2020

Jonas Wood
Landscape Pot with Plant
2017

Jonas Wood
Matisse Pot 4
2019-2020

Jonas Wood
Matisse Pots
2017

Jonas Wood
Snoopy Pot
2019-2020

Jonas Wood
Trial Proof V, Untitled
2009

Jonas Wood
Untitled
2003

Jonas Wood
Untitled (green)
2014

Jonas Wood
Untitled (Pots, 2009)

Jonas Wood
Untitled (Set of 3)
2009

Jonas Wood
Untitled (Yellow Orchid Pot)
2014
Jonas Wood
Untitled Plant and Vase Drawing
2015
Jonas Wood has established himself as one of the most consequential contemporary painters working today, with auction results consistently affirming his position among the market's most sought-after artists. His monumental achievement at Sotheby's in 2022—where Large Landscape Pot realized $6.2 million—demonstrated the profound collector appetite for his botanical subjects. Christie's similarly validated his market strength when Interior with Fernand Léger achieved $4.9 million in 2020. Within this remarkable trajectory, the Pots series has emerged as a defining body of work, capturing Wood's singular ability to transform domestic observation into iconic contemporary imagery.
Guy Hepner maintains significant expertise in Jonas Wood's market, having facilitated $1,899,500 in Jonas Wood transactions. This positions Guy Hepner as an authoritative source for collectors seeking access to the artist's most celebrated series. As the Art Basel & UBS Global Art Market Report 2025 confirmed the global market at $57.5 billion in 2024, and with the 2026 report indicating a return to growth in 2025, Wood's works on paper represent a strategic entry point into an artist whose auction trajectory continues its upward momentum.
The Pots series represents Jonas Wood's most sustained and recognizable artistic investigation. Born in Boston in 1977, Wood earned his BFA from the University of Washington before completing his MFA at Tufts University. Now represented by Gagosian and David Kordansky Gallery, with works held in the permanent collections of MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and LACMA, Wood has achieved institutional validation that few contemporary artists can claim.
The Pots imagery emerged from Wood's daily environment—the houseplants, ceramic vessels, and patterned containers that populate his Los Angeles home and studio. What began as observational studies evolved into a complex visual language where botanical forms, geometric patterns, and flattened pictorial space intersect. The series demonstrates Wood's remarkable capacity to find monumentality in the mundane, transforming simple potted plants into subjects of genuine visual power.
Throughout the series, Wood engages with art historical traditions spanning Henri Matisse's decorative interiors, David Hockney's California domesticity, and the pattern-rich compositions of Vuillard and Bonnard. Yet the works remain distinctly contemporary, filtered through Wood's graphic sensibility and his background in commercial art. The Pots function simultaneously as portraits, still lifes, and abstract compositions—their repeated circular forms and organic shapes creating rhythmic visual experiences that reward sustained attention.
The works on paper from the Pots series showcase Jonas Wood's sophisticated understanding of printmaking techniques and his collaborative relationships with master printmakers. Each work demonstrates meticulous attention to craft while maintaining the immediate, accessible quality that defines his aesthetic.
Fish Pot (2019-2020) exemplifies Wood's technical ambition, executed as a 36-colour screen print on Rising Museum Board. The layered printing process builds remarkable chromatic depth, with each color pass contributing to the work's luminous surface quality. Similarly, Snoopy Pot (2019-2020) employs 19 colours in its screen printing, integrating pop culture iconography with Wood's botanical vocabulary.
8 Pots (2017) utilizes chin-collé etching on Somerset paper, a technique requiring exceptional precision as delicate paper elements are adhered during the printing process. The result combines the graphic clarity of etching with subtle textural variations that reward close viewing.
The 2009 prints—including Untitled (Set of 3) and Untitled (Pots, 2009)—demonstrate Wood's experimental approach to combining lithography, silkscreen, and woodblock techniques. These hybrid prints achieve visual complexity through the integration of multiple processes, each contributing distinct textural and tonal qualities.
Trial Proof V, Untitled (2009) holds particular significance as a unique work, representing the developmental stages of Wood's printmaking process. Trial proofs document the artist's decision-making and often exhibit qualities absent from final editions.
The early Untitled (2003) in charcoal on thick paper provides insight into Wood's foundational drawing practice, demonstrating the observational rigor that underlies all subsequent Pots imagery.
The available works span nearly two decades of Wood's engagement with the Pots theme, offering collectors access to the series at various price points and in diverse media.
Fish Pot and Snoopy Pot represent the technical apex of Wood's printmaking practice. Their exceptional color complexity and substantial scale position them as statement acquisitions, while their pop-inflected imagery connects to broader cultural conversations.
8 Pots presents a compositional arrangement showcasing Wood's ability to orchestrate multiple subjects within a unified visual field. The chin-collé technique adds material richness that distinguishes this work within the series.
Untitled (green) (2014) demonstrates Wood's chromatic sensitivity, employing lithography and screenprint to explore how color relationships activate botanical subjects.
Jonas Wood's market position offers compelling fundamentals for collectors. His representation by Gagosian and David Kordansky, combined with institutional holdings at America's most prestigious museums, establishes the infrastructure supporting long-term value appreciation.
The works on paper provide accessible entry to an artist whose paintings command multi-million-dollar results at Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips. As primary market availability tightens, demand shifts toward the secondary market, benefiting those holding quality inventory.
Guy Hepner in New York offers comprehensive acquisition services for Jonas Wood's Pots series. Contact our team to discuss available works, current market valuations, and collection strategies aligned with your objectives.

Jonas Wood (b. 1977, Boston, Massachusetts) is one of the most commercially significant and critically engaged American painters working today, an artist whose deceptively cheerful canvases of domestic interiors, exotic plants, sports imagery, and portraiture carry a genuine formal intelligence beneath their beguiling surfaces. Wood studied at the University of Washington, where he received his BFA, before completing his MFA at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in collaboration with Tufts University. He has been based in Los Angeles for much of his career, and that city's particular quality of light, its collector culture, and its deep engagement with design and architecture all permeate his work.
Wood paints what he knows and what he loves: the interior of his own home, the ceramics and vessels his wife Shio Kusaka makes, the sprawling sports venues he grew up attending, the exuberant botanical forms of houseplants scaled to monumental proportions. His signature approach — flat planes of high-keyed colour, graphic patterning, compressed pictorial space, motifs nested within motifs — draws knowingly on a range of sources: Matisse's decorative ambitions, Hockney's Los Angeles interiors, the spatial logic of Japanese woodblock printing. The paintings are warm and inviting on first encounter, but their structural decisions repay close looking. The way a patterned textile disrupts the logic of a room, the way a painted reproduction of a work by Léger or Picasso crops and reframes within Wood's own canvas — these are paintings that think as well as enchant.
Among his most sought-after works are the art-within-art interiors: large-format canvases in which recognisable works from art history appear framed on the walls of his domestic spaces, folded into the patchwork of pattern and colour that defines his compositional method. His works on paper in gouache — equally resolved and chromatically rich — have developed a strong and dedicated following. His print and edition output, though more limited in scale than some of his contemporaries, is actively traded. Auction results have confirmed his position at the top tier of his generation: Large Landscape Pot achieved $6,204,750 at Sotheby's in May 2022, while Interior with Fernand Léger realised $4,896,250 at Christie's in November 2020 — figures that reflect sustained demand from a global collector base.
Wood is represented by some of the most prestigious galleries in the world and his institutional profile continues to grow. His work is held in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and LACMA, among other significant institutions. He is among that rare group of mid-career painters whose primary market strength and secondary auction performance are equally robust.
Guy Hepner has developed real expertise in the Jonas Wood market, with experience and inventory spanning paintings, works on paper, and editions. Our gallery at 177 Tenth Avenue, New York is well positioned to advise collectors on acquiring Wood's work or to provide free, confidential valuations for those looking to sell. We work with collectors at all levels and maintain active relationships with buyers across the global market for his work.