Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Study for Negro Sunshine #76, 2011
Oil · Paper
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Study for Negro Sunshine #76
Glenn Ligon (American, b. 1960) · 2011
$43,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ £27,850≈ €38,621
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- Medium
- Oil · Works on paper all oil results →As published: “oilstick, coal dust and gesso on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010415)
- Date
- May 15, 2015
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 271
- Estimate
- $20,000 – $30,000 (≈ £12,732 – £19,097) (≈ €17,655 – €26,483)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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