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Selected Works245

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Previous Sales 43

Christie's
Untitled (Blot)
Untitled (Blot), 2015
Bought In
May 2026
Sotheby's
Woman with a Heart of Gold
Woman with a Heart of Gold, 1992
Unknown
May 2026
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 2008
Unknown
Nov 2025
Christie's
Portrait of John Punch (Angry Black Man 1646)
Portrait of John Punch (Angry Black Man 1646), 2007
$7,151,000
Nov 2025
Christie's
Small Pin-Up (Lens Flare)
Small Pin-Up (Lens Flare), 2013
$3,801,000
May 2025
Christie's
Lost Boys: AKA Black Al
Lost Boys: AKA Black Al, 1993
$2,591,000
May 2025
Christie's
Lost Boys - AKA Black Tony
Lost Boys - AKA Black Tony, 1993
$2,228,000
May 2024
Sotheby's
Vignette #6
Vignette #6
$7,482,800
May 2024
Sotheby's
Plunge
Plunge, 1992
$10,275,500
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled (Woman Looking Left)
Untitled (Woman Looking Left), 2016
$3,845,721
Jun 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled (Mask Boy)
Untitled (Mask Boy), 2014
$5,734,800
May 2023
Sotheby's
Beauty Examined
Beauty Examined, 1993
$13,538,000
May 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled (Stono Drawing)
Untitled (Stono Drawing)
$528,200
May 2021
Christie's
Nat-Shango (Thunder)
Nat-Shango (Thunder), 1991
$7,500,000
May 2021
Christie's
You Must Suffer if You Want to be Beautiful
You Must Suffer if You Want to be Beautiful, 1991
$2,292,500
May 2018
Christie's
Still Life with Wedding Portrait
Still Life with Wedding Portrait, 2015
$5,037,500
Nov 2017
Christie's
Plunge
Plunge, 1992
$2,165,000
May 2016
Christie's
Untitled (Pin-up)
Untitled (Pin-up), 2014
$821,000
May 2016
Christie's
Vignette
Vignette, 2003
$1,025,000
Nov 2014
Christie's
Keeping the Culture
Keeping the Culture, 2010
$267,750
Sep 2013
Christie's
We Mourn Our Loss #3
We Mourn Our Loss #3, 1997
$92,500
Nov 2011
Christie's
The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys, 1993
$530,500
May 2011
Christie's
Vignette #7
Vignette #7, 2005
£109,250 ($144k USD)
Jul 2008
Christie's
Chalk Up Another One
Chalk Up Another One, 1992
$84,000
Sep 2006
Christie's
Untitled (La Venus Negra)
Untitled (La Venus Negra), 1992
$108,000
May 2006
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Market139 auction results

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$84.0K – $21M
36 of 42 paintings lots with prices
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$4.0M
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$3.8M
36 priced paintings lots
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Nov 2025 · $762K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
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Paintings: $3.8M medianWorks on paper: $528K medianEditioned prints: $10.0K medianUnclassified lots: $18.9K median
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Galleries3

#2 David Zwirner
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#3 Hauser & Wirth
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#50 Jack Shainman Gallery
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Prizes & Awards1

MacArthur Fellowship
Winner Year unknown
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Podcast Interviews4

podcasts No. 235: Kerry James Marshall, Katy Grannan The Modern Art Notes Podcast · May 5, 2016
Episode No. 235 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Kerry James Marshall and a special, late-breaking bonus segment with artist Katy Grannan. The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is showing “Kerry James Mar…
 podcasts No. 86: Kerry James Marshall The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Nov 2, 2014
Episode No. 86 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Kerry James Marshall. Tomorrow the National Gallery of Art opens “In the Tower: Kerry James Marshall,” an exhibition that explores Marshall’s Great America (…
 podcasts Kerry James Marshall on painting African-American life - Life and Art ... Life and Art ...
Listen to this episode from Life and Art ... Kerry James Marshall a reputation as one of our greatest living artists. ... In conversation with John Maus · Hannah ...
 podcasts Conversations with Artists: Kerry James Marshall - SoundCloud SoundCloud
Kerry James Marshall in conversation with James Meyer, associate curator of modern art, National Gallery of Art. Kerry James Marshall has ...
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Biennial Selections1

Sharjah Biennial — Sharjah
2023 · Thinking Historically in the Present · curated by Hoor Al Qasimi
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Education1

Otis College of Art and Design
BFA · Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Publications9

Monograph 2

Kerry James Marshall Author
Abrams · 2025
Kerry James Marshall Author
Phaidon Press · 2017

Exhibition Catalog 2

Charles White Author
Yale University Press · 2018
Figuring history
Yale University Press · 2018

Group Catalog 1

Collecting Contemporaries: The Fuhrman Collection
Phaidon Press

Survey 4

The Art Book (Mini Format)
Phaidon Press · 2024
Ocean: Exploring the Marine World
Phaidon Press · 2022
Art in Flower: Finding Inspiration in Art and Nature
Phaidon Press
Open Questions: Thirty Years of Writing about Art
Phaidon Press
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The Paris Museum of Modern Art is presenting a major retrospective of American artist Kerry James Marshall titled "The Histories," running from Septem…
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Past Exhibitions12

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#3 Hauser & Wirth

Destiny Is a Rose: The Collection of Eileen Harris Norton

Liza Lou, Kerry James Marshall, Amy Sherald, Destiny Is a Rose

901-909 E 3rd St

Feb 24, 2026 — May 25, 2026

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#50 Jack Shainman Gallery

Kerry James Marshall: EXQUISITE CORPSE This Is Not The Game

Kerry James Marshall

46 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Nov 3, 2022 — Dec 23, 2022

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#50 Jack Shainman Gallery

The Weight of Memory

Kerry James Marshall

46 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Oct 25, 2018 — Dec 22, 2018

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Museo Reina Sofía

Kerry James Marshall: painting and other stuff

Kerry James Marshall

C. de Sta. Isabel, 52, Centro, 28012 Madrid, Spain

Jan 1, 2014

June 13 - October 26, 2014 Kerry James Marshall: painting and other stuff

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#289 moniquemeloche

Black Night Falling: Black holes and constellations

Kerry James Marshall

451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622, USA

Feb 4, 2012 — May 4, 2012

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#289 moniquemeloche

Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall

451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622, USA

Feb 4, 2012 — May 4, 2012

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Vancouver Art Gallery

Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall

750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H7, Canada

May 8, 2010 — Jan 3, 2011

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#50 Jack Shainman Gallery

The Hand of the Artist

Kerry James Marshall

46 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, United States

May 1, 2008 — Jun 14, 2008

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#50 Jack Shainman Gallery

Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall

46 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Mar 20, 1999 — Apr 17, 1999

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#6,699 Arts Crossroad Gallery

Kerry James Marshall. The Histories

Kerry James Marshall

Heimpl. 1/5, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland

Jun 11, 2026

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Glenstone Museum

Ties of our common kindred

Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Ruth Asawa, Kerry James Marshall, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, John Baldessari, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Vija Celmins, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Thomas Demand

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Kerry James Marshall Ausstellung

Kerry James Marshall

Heimpl. 1/5, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland

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Art Fair Appearances3

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Frieze Los Angeles — Los Angeles
2026
Art Basel Paris — Paris
2025
Frieze London — London
2025
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Recent Activity20

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American Verses: Terry Adkins, Mark Bradford & Kerry James Marshall
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Ties of our common kindred
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May 24, 2026
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May 22, 2026
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May 22, 2026
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Richter and Judd works top Christie's solid if not stellar sale of post-war and contemporary art
May 21, 2026
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May 21, 2026
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May 21, 2026
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May 20, 2026
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May 15, 2026
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May 12, 2026
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DOZIE KANU’S FIRST FORAY INTO MASS-PRODUCTION
May 11, 2026
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May 9, 2026
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