Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Study for Negro Sunshine #76, 2011
Oil · Paper
Phillips · Sep 26, 2026$28,380 ≈ £21,416 ≈ €24,888Sign up free to see price
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Study for Negro Sunshine #78
Glenn Ligon (American, b. 1960) · 2011
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$47,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £31,180≈ €36,910
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- Medium
- Oil · Works on paper all oil results →As published: “oil stick and coal dust on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and titled
- Category
- Works on paper (other)
- Dimensions
- 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010413)
- Date
- May 17, 2013
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 229
- Estimate
- $25,000 – $35,000 (≈ £16,411 – £22,975) (≈ €19,427 – €27,197)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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Phillips · Sep 26, 2026$28,380 ≈ £21,416 ≈ €24,888Sign up free to see price
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Bonhams · Jul 30, 2026$5,376 ≈ £4,015 ≈ €4,685Sign up free to see price
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Phillips · May 19, 2026$2,702,000 ≈ £2,015,365 ≈ €2,325,301Sign up free to see price
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Phillips · Apr 16, 2026£10,320 ≈ $13,977 ≈ €11,863Sign up free to see price
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Phillips · May 17, 2013$989,000 ≈ £649,206 ≈ €768,513Sign up free to see price
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