Jay McCafferty

American | 1948 - 2021

Jay McCafferty was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1948.

How much does a Jay McCafferty cost?

Jay McCafferty's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices of up to 6,000 USD for works on papers, and 550 USD for paintings.

What is Jay McCafferty's most expensive works on paper?

Since 2011 the record price for this artist at auction is 6,000 USD for Untitled, circa 1990s, sold at John Moran Auctioneers, Inc. in 2026.

Numerous key galleries and museums such as Long Beach Museum of Art | LBMA Ocean have featured Jay McCafferty's work in the past.

Jay McCafferty in the news

Jay McCafferty has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly. The most recent article is Muzeum Sztuki Publishes 'The 1982 Cultural Exchange Between Lodz and Los Angeles' written for ArtDaily in December 2024. The artist died in 2021.

At Auction

Notable Lots

Untitled

By Jay McCafferty

Muladera

By Jay McCafferty

-30%

below mid-estimate

Emerge I , 1980

By Jay McCafferty

VIEW 22 ARTWORKS

Recent Auction Results

An abstract composition of fragmented, dotted surfaces in earthy tones.

Untitled

By Jay McCafferty

+216%

above mid-estimate

John Moran Auctioneers, Inc.

A vertical tapestry featuring a rusted metal texture with scattered floral motifs and vertical lines.

Untitled, circa 1990s , ca. 1990s

By Jay McCafferty

+900%

above mid-estimate

John Moran Auctioneers, Inc.

A minimalist framed artwork featuring a textured, neutral-toned square on a white background.

Obsession #19

By Jay McCafferty

Orrill's Auction

VIEW 21 AUCTION RESULTS

Past Exhibitions

Shaping The Collection: Recent Acquisitions 2022-2024

Long Beach Museum of Art | LBMA Ocean

Long Beach | California | USA

Mar 22, 2025 - Jun 22, 2025

Latest and Greatest: New Work at Laguna Art Museum

Laguna Art Museum

Laguna Beach | California | USA

Aug 17, 2024 - Mar 30, 2025

Burn Baby Burn

Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan

New Canaan | Connecticut | USA

Jun 28, 2018 - Sep 08, 2018

VIEW 7 EXHIBITIONS

Articles

Muzeum Sztuki Publishes 'The 1982 Cultural Exchange Between Lodz and Los Angeles'

ArtDaily Dec 17, 2024

The 1982 Cultural Exchange… honors fifty artists who donated their artworks in a transatlantic museum exchange.

Newsletter: Essential Arts: The art world was hot hot hot on NFTs. Is it just more of the same?

Los Angeles Times Apr 24, 2021

Ladies and gentleman, the weekend. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential culture news — and art historical dog paintings.

UCI’s Radical Approach to Teaching Art

LA Weekly Jan 08, 2021

Memories and recollections of live exhibitions can provide solace to art lovers, as we wait for the pandemic to abate and for life to return to a semblance of normalcy.