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Glenn Ligon: career timeline

American · b. 1960 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 87 of 88 lots (99% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Glenn Ligon: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1990s2523$15.2kSign upEtching
2000s2621$43.8kSign upScreenprint
2010s3530$17.8kSign upOil

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1990s 25 works

Sold
23 of 25
Median
$15.2kSign up
Average
$92.5kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 15.5 in (55 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Etching (10), Screenprint (4), Oil (4)
Subjects
Markets & villages (2)
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…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 26 works

Sold
21 of 26
Median
$43.8kSign up
Average
$138kSign up
Typical size
23 × 21 in (59 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (8), Oil (8), Photograph (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
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…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 35 works

Sold
30 of 35
Median
$17.8kSign up
Average
$281kSign up
Typical size
12 × 10.5 in (31 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Oil (9), Screenprint (9), Acrylic (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)
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…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

1 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold
0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
10 × 8.5 in (25 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—
  • Glenn Ligon, Offsetsold 2022 OffsetResult not published

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Glenn Ligon auction results →