Hank Willis Thomas: career timeline

American · b. 1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 54 of 57 lots (95% 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.

Hank Willis Thomas: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
2000s	7	6	$10.1kSign up	Photograph
2010s	44	37	$4.5kSign up	Screenprint
2020s	2	2	$2.1kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

2000s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $10.1kSign up
Average: $11.1kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 24 in (76 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Markets & villages (1), Landscapes (1)

2010s 44 works

Sold: 37 of 44
Median: $4.5kSign up
Average: $15.5kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (18), Multiple (8), Photograph (5)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)

2010 Alive with Pleasure! Chorus Line from Fair WarningUnsold
2011 Shooting Stars$3kSign up
2012 Black Imitates White$8.9kSign up
2012 I Am A White Agitator$16.5kSign up
2012 Seeker$38.1kSign up
2012 Bread and Roses$11.4kSign up
2012 Baron of the Crossroads$30.5kSign up
2012 Zero Hour (from Wayfarer )$50kSign up
2013 Fair Warning: You've come a long way, baby$8.4kSign up
2013 Rich Black Specimen: #26, #460, #21, #66Unsold · sold 2×
2014 Peace and FreedomUnsold
2014 Remember Me$18.9kSign up

Show 12 more (2010s)

2015 Come out of the Bone Age, Darling...1955/2015Unsold
2015 Come out of the Bone Age, Darling...1955/2015Unsold
2015 Uprising$30.5kSign up
2017 History is Past, Past is Present$16.5kSign up
2017 The Sword SwallowerUnsold
2017 Hand of God$63kSign up
2017 Turbulence (Pink Wash)$12.5kSign up
2018 Public Enemy (II)$14.2kSign up
2018 A Martyr to End Man's Inhumanity (red and gold reflection)Unsold
2018 Sophiatown (gold and black on black)$19.1kSign up
2018 She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry$27.7kSign up
2019 All Lies Matter$1.6kSign up

…and 20 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 18 in (61 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2)
Subjects: —

2020 Love Over Rules$1.7kSign up
2020 Love Over Rules$2.5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

3 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $20.3kSign up
Average: $14.6kSign up
Typical size: 41.5 × 42 in (105 × 107 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2024 Untitled$750Sign up
sold 2024 It’s The Real Thing$20.3kSign up
sold 2024 So Glad We Made It$22.9kSign up

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 Hank Willis Thomas auction results →