Glenn Ligon
American · 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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Record prices
Double America 2Phillips · $2,702,000≈ £2,015,365≈ €2,325,301Sign up to see
Stranger #45Phillips · £1,426,500≈ $2,056,300≈ €1,830,099Sign up to see
Stranger #67Phillips · $1,784,500≈ £1,342,133≈ €1,471,389Sign up to see
Glenn Ligon’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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Price trend
2 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
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| Paintings | 15 | 13 | 87% | $821kSign up | $243kSign up | $2.7MSign up |
| Oil | 2 | 2 | 100% | $203kSign up | $203kSign up | $243kSign up |
| Acrylic | 9 | 8 | 89% | $740kSign up | $336kSign up | $2.1MSign up |
| Works on paper | 24 | 20 | 83% | $68.9kSign up | $38.1kSign up | $509kSign up |
| Drawing | 1 | 1 | 100% | $60kSign up | $60kSign up | $60kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 44 | 39 | 89% | $36.6kSign up | $6.5kSign up | $867kSign up |
| Etching | 15 | 13 | 87% | $13.3kSign up | $8.8kSign up | $40.3kSign up |
| Aquatint | 2 | 2 | 100% | $25.2kSign up | $25.2kSign up | $40kSign up |
| Lithograph | 3 | 3 | 100% | $29kSign up | $30kSign up | $56.3kSign up |
| Screenprint | 21 | 18 | 86% | $60.6kSign up | $5.1kSign up | $867kSign up |
| Print (other) | 3 | 3 | 100% | $8.2kSign up | $7.6kSign up | $10.6kSign up |
| Photography | 3 | 3 | 100% | $11.4kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $32.5kSign up |
| Photograph | 3 | 3 | 100% | $11.4kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $32.5kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.