Glenn Ligon

b. 1960

Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist whose work explores race, language, desire, sexuality, and identity. Based in New York City, Ligon's work often draws on 20th… (Wikipedia)

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Double America 2Phillips · May 2026$2,702,000≈ £2,015,365≈ €2,325,301Sign up to see
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Stranger in the Village (excerpt) #5, 1996
coal dust on paper · Paper
71 1/2 x 53 1/2 in. (181.6 x 135.9 cm)
Phillips · Dec 8, 2020 · Lot 444
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $150,000–200,000View at Phillips ↗
Figure #42, 2010
Acrylic · Canvas
60 1/4 x 48 in. (153 x 122 cm.)
Phillips · May 15, 2019 · Lot 356
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $400,000–600,000View at Phillips ↗
Untitled (America), 2015
Screenprint · ed. 46/50
I. 15.2 x 22.9 cm (5 7/8 x 9 in.) S. 25.4 x 33 cm (10 x 12 7/8 in.)
Phillips · Jan 21, 2016 · Lot 208
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £2,500–3,500View at Phillips ↗
Slept Awoke, 2008
Oil · Paper
sheet 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Phillips · May 15, 2015 · Lot 270
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $20,000–30,000View at Phillips ↗
Narratives (Disembark), 1993
Etching · Paper · ed. 16/45
all I. 21 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. (54.3 x 38.7 cm) all S. 28 x 21 in. (71.1 x 53.3 cm)
Phillips · Apr 21, 2015 · Lot 59
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
Study for Negro Sunshine II #10, 2011
Oil · Paper
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Phillips · Nov 14, 2014 · Lot 293
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $25,000–35,000View at Phillips ↗

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About Glenn Ligon

Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist whose work explores race, language, desire, sexuality, and identity. Based in New York City, Ligon's work often draws on 20th century literature and speech of 20th century cultural figures such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Gertrude Stein, Jean Genet, and Richard Pryor. He is noted as one of the originators of the term Post-Blackness.

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