Hank Willis Thomas
American · b. 1976
Hank Willis Thomas is an American conceptual artist. Based in Brooklyn, New York, he works primarily with themes related to identity, history, and popular culture. (Wikipedia)
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3 works by Hank Willis Thomas coming up at auction · bid with the house ↓
Record prices
Society of the Spectacle (Spectrum IV)Phillips · $127,000≈ £107,282≈ €120,436Sign up to see
Hand of GodPhillips · $63,000≈ £52,932≈ €60,507Sign up to see
Zero Hour (from Wayfarer )Phillips · $50,000≈ £38,530≈ €44,263Sign up to see
Hank Willis Thomas’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).
Coming up at auction
3 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Lots sold
48
of 57 offered · 2015–2026
Sell-through
84%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 4 | 3 | 75% | $19.5kSign up | $16.5kSign up | $30.5kSign up |
| Acrylic | 2 | 2 | 100% | $14kSign up | $14kSign up | $16.5kSign up |
| Mixed media | 2 | 1 | 50% | $30.5kSign up | $30.5kSign up | $30.5kSign up |
| Works on paper | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.5kSign up | $2.5kSign up | $2.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 34 | 30 | 88% | $10.4kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $127kSign up |
| Screenprint | 22 | 20 | 91% | $2.4kSign up | $1.7kSign up | $8.4kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 1 | 1 | 100% | $3kSign up | $3kSign up | $3kSign up |
| Print (other) | 3 | 2 | 67% | $18.3kSign up | $18.3kSign up | $27.7kSign up |
| Multiple | 8 | 7 | 88% | $32.1kSign up | $19.1kSign up | $127kSign up |
| Photography | 13 | 10 | 77% | $20.1kSign up | $16.1kSign up | $50kSign up |
| Photograph | 13 | 10 | 77% | $20.1kSign up | $16.1kSign up | $50kSign up |
| Sculpture | 3 | 2 | 67% | $39kSign up | $39kSign up | $63kSign up |
| Other | 2 | 2 | 100% | $17.7kSign up | $17.7kSign up | $18.9kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.