Christopher Wool signature

American · b. 1955

153 catalogued lots by Christopher Wool record a signature line. The most common placement is on the reverse (71% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

  • on the reverse25
  • lower right5
  • on the stretcher2
  • lower centre2
  • in the margin1

Form

  • signed124
  • signed and dated27
  • signed in pencil2

Signature as written

Forms quoted in the catalogue entries (how often each appears).

  • WOOL 1990×3
  • WOOL 2016×2
  • Wool 1989×2
  • WOOL 2018×1
  • WOOL 1986×1
  • CHRISTOPHER WOOL 1984×1
  • D 64 Wool 1998×1
  • WOOL 2006×1

Catalogue signature lines

  • Signed and dated 'Wool ’89' on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Dec 12, 2025
  • Signed, inscribed and dated "THE BIG BIRTHDAY WOOL 1989" on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Sep 25, 2025
  • Numbered "65/100" lower left; signed and dated "WOOL 2018" lower right — Untitled, Phillips, Jul 8, 2025
  • Signed, titled, numbered and dated 'WOOL BROWN NO HALLOWEEN 2005 (P511)' on the reverse; signed, titled, numbered and dated 'WOOL BROWN NO HALLOWEEN 2005 (P511) — Brown No Halloween, Phillips, Jun 26, 2025
  • Signed and dated 'Wool '89' on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Apr 10, 2025
  • Signed and dated "WOOL 2016" lower center — Untitled, Phillips, Feb 28, 2025
  • Signed and dated "WOOL 1990" on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Nov 20, 2024
  • Signed and dated 'Wool '89' on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Mar 8, 2024
  • Signed and dated "WOOL 1986" on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Mar 21, 2023
  • Signed, titled and dated ""BALLS" CHRISTOPHER WOOL 1984-85" on the reverse — Balls, Phillips, Mar 21, 2023
  • Indistinctly inscribed lower right; signed and dated "CHRISTOPHER WOOL 1984" on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Mar 8, 2023
  • Signed, titled, dedicated and dated "BLUE FOOL FOR GLEN WOOL 1990" on the reverse — Blue Fool, Phillips, Nov 17, 2021
  • Signed, numbered and dated "WOOL 1992 F45" on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Nov 14, 2019
  • Signed, numbered, inscribed and dated 'Wool 2005 4/9 I' lower margin — Three Women (Image I), Phillips, Jun 28, 2019
  • Signed and dated 'WOOL '86' on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Jun 27, 2019
  • Embossed with the artist's signature "WOOL" lower right — Untitled, Phillips, May 15, 2019
  • Signed and dated ‘Wool 1990’ on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Mar 7, 2019
  • Signed, inscribed and dated 'WOOL 2009 P595' on the reverse; further signed, inscribed and dated 'WOOL 2009 P595' on the overlap — Untitled, Phillips, Mar 7, 2019
  • Signed and dated 'Wool '89' on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Nov 25, 2018
  • Signed, numbered and dated "WOOL 2005 (P500)" on the overlap; further signed, numbered and dated "WOOL 2005 (P500)" on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Nov 15, 2018
  • Signed, titled and dated 'WOOL 1997 "UNTITLED (P271)"' on the reverse — Untitled (P271), Phillips, Oct 5, 2018
  • Blind stamped with the artist's name 'WOOL' lower right; further signed, titled and dated '"D139" WOOL 2001' on the reverse — Untitled (D139), Phillips, Oct 5, 2018
  • Signed and dated 'Wool 1989' on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Oct 4, 2018
  • Signed and dated "WOOL 2016" lower center — Untitled, Phillips, Sep 21, 2018
  • Signed, titled and dated "Wool 1996 Untitled (S134)" on the reverse — Untitled (S134), Phillips, Nov 16, 2017
  • Signed and dated 'WOOL 2006' lower right — Untitled (D305), Phillips, Jun 29, 2017
  • Signed and dated "Wool 1990" on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, May 17, 2017
  • Signed and dated 'WOOL 1989' on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Mar 8, 2017
  • Signed, inscribed and dated "WOOL 2004 (S167)" on the overlap — Untitled, Phillips, May 14, 2025
  • Signed, numbered and dated 'Wool 2000 (P335)' on the overlap; signed, numbered and dated 'Wool 2000 (P335)' on the stretcher — Lester's Sister (My Brain), Phillips, Mar 6, 2025
  • Werknummer bezeichnet, signiert und datiert: D 64 Wool 1998 — Ohne Titel, Grisebach, Dec 2, 2021
  • Signed, titled, numbered and dated “WOOL UNTITLED 1998 P280” on the stretcher — Untitled, Phillips, May 16, 2019
  • Signed in pencil on the reverse — Untitled (Run Dog Run), Bonhams, May 22, 2025
  • Signed, inscribed and dated 'Wool 1997 (S145) For Richard Hell Who Wrote It' on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Mar 6, 2025
  • Signiert, datiert und nummeriert (verso) — Ohne Titel (für Parkett 33), Van Ham, Oct 31, 2023
  • Signiert, datiert und nummeriert (verso) — Konvolut von 2 Fotografien, Van Ham, Nov 30, 2022
  • Signed, dedicated and dated "WOOL 1988 FOR GEORGE MY LEFT HAND CHRISTOPHER 9/88" on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Nov 14, 2018
  • Signed in pencil — Untitled, Bonhams, Jul 30, 2026
  • Signed — Portraits (red), Phillips, Apr 22, 2026
  • Signed — Untitled, Phillips, Feb 7, 2026

From the signature and inscription lines published by the auction houses in their lot descriptions. ArtSell does not authenticate signatures; a signature matching these descriptions is not evidence that a work is genuine. No house signature photographs are recorded for this artist yet. Back to Christopher Wool auction results.