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===Exhibitions and original art=== Kirby's art has been exhibited as part of the Masters of American Comics joint exhibition by the [[Hammer Museum]] and [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles]] from November 2005 to March 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Masters of American Comics|date=November 20, 2005 |url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2005/masters-of-american-comics/|publisher=[[The Hammer Museum]]|access-date=May 31, 2018|archive-date=June 9, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180609221650/https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2005/masters-of-american-comics/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015 Charles Hatfield curated the "Comic Book Apocalypse" exhibition at the [[California State University, Northridge]] Art Galleries. The exhibition focused on Kirby's work from 1965 onward.<ref>{{cite web |title=Comic Book Apocalypse: The Graphic World of Jack Kirby |url=https://www.csun.edu/mike-curb-arts-media-communication/events/comic-book-apocalypse-graphic-world-jack-kirby |website=California State University, Northridge |access-date=May 31, 2018 |date=July 2015 |archive-date=March 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330104710/http://www.csun.edu/mike-curb-arts-media-communication/events/comic-book-apocalypse-graphic-world-jack-kirby |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018 "A Jack Kirby Odyssey" was organized by Tom Kraft. The exhibition displayed photocopies of unpublished Kirby pencils for stories intended for publication in the ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (comics)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' comic book adaptation series as well as reproductions of the published work.<ref>{{cite web |title=Take "A Jack Kirby Odyssey" in NYC May 11β13! |url=http://kirbymuseum.org/blog/2018/04/19/kirby-odyssey/ |website=Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center |access-date=May 31, 2018 |date=April 19, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140021/http://kirbymuseum.org/blog/2018/04/19/kirby-odyssey/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1994 [[The Cartoon Museum|The Cartoon Art Trust]] organized an exhibition in [[London]] of Kirby art, "Jack Kirby: The King of Comic Books", in the wake of Kirby's death.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Morrow |editor1-first=John |title=Collected Jack Kirby Collector |date=February 19, 2004 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=1893905004 |page=67}}</ref> In 2010 Dan Nadel and [[Paul Gravett]] curated "Jack Kirby: The House That Jack Built", a retrospective of Kirby's career from 1942 to 1985. The exhibition was part of the [[Fumetto International Comics Festival]] held in [[Lucerne, Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Kirby: The House That Jack Built |url=http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/article/jack_kirby2 |website=Paul Gravett |access-date=May 31, 2018 |archive-date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723034358/http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/article/jack_kirby2 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kirby's original art regularly sells at auction, with [[Heritage Auctions]] listing the cover of ''[[Tales of Suspense]]'' #84, inked by [[Frank Giacoia]] as realizing a price of $167,300 in a February 2014 auction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Kirby |url=https://fineart.ha.com/artist-index/jack-kirby.s?id=500022980 |website=Heritage Auctions |access-date=May 31, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141444/https://fineart.ha.com/artist-index/jack-kirby.s?id=500022980 |url-status=live }}</ref> A large portion of Kirby's art remains unaccounted for. Work created around [[World War II]] would have been reused or pulped due to paper shortages. [[DC Comics]] had a policy of destroying original art in the 1950s. [[Marvel Comics]] also destroyed art until 1960, when it stored artwork prior to a policy which had art returned to the artist. In Kirby's case, it is reported that about 2,100 pieces of the estimated 10,000 pages drawn were returned to him. The whereabouts of the missing pages are unknown, although some do turn up for sale, provenance unknown.<ref>{{citation | author = Gold, Glen | magazine = Jack Kirby Collector | issue = 19 | date = April 1998 | title = The Stolen Art | url = http://www.twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/19stolen.html | access-date = May 31, 2018 | archive-date = August 1, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180801231454/http://www.twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/19stolen.html | url-status = live }}</ref>{{sfn|Hatfield|2012|page=79}}
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