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Previous Sales 5

Christie's
Ecstasy #1, 1987-88
Ecstasy #1, 1987-88
$2,000
Aug 2017
Lions Gallery · Artsy
Untitled (Candles)
Untitled (Candles), 1998
No longer available
Photography paper
MARUANI MERCIER GALLERY · Artsy
Triptych
Triptych, 2014
No longer available
Silkscreen on Saunders Waterford watercolor paper (3 parts)
Independent Curators International (ICI) Benefit Auction · Artsy
Untitled (For Daddy I)
Untitled (For Daddy I), 2018
Bidding closed
Dye sublimation on aluminum
MARUANI MERCIER GALLERY · Artsy
Americas (Triptych)
Americas (Triptych) , 1987
No longer available
Black and white gelatin prints

Upcoming Auctions 1

Wright
Ecstasy #1
Ecstasy #1
Est. $1,000–$1,500
Jun 18, 2026

For Sale 4

Sommer Contemporary Art · Artsy
Waiters Black Male Exhibition Diner New York 1984
Waiters Black Male Exhibition Diner New York 1984
For sale
Chromogenic print
David Castillo Gallery · Artsy
Kennedy Crash #2,
Kennedy Crash #2, , 2020
For sale
Unique assemblage (Dye sublimation photographic print, Ghanaian fabric, artist ephemera)
Eric Firestone Gallery · Artsy
Minstrel
Minstrel, 1987
Price on request
Gelatin silver print
Sommer Contemporary Art · Artsy
Lyle Ashton Harris, Iké and Lyle, Los Angeles, 1995
Lyle Ashton Harris, Iké and Lyle, Los Angeles, 1995, 2015
For sale
Chromogenic print
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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts No. 628: Lyle Ashton Harris, Millet’s Man with a Hoe The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Nov 17, 2023
Episode No. 628 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Lyle Ashton Harris and curator Scott Allan. The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University is presenting “Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last love,” a surve…
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Publications3

Monograph 1

Lyle Ashton Harris : Today I Shall Judge Nothing That Occurs Author
Aperture · 2017

Survey 2

Fire Island Art: 100 Years
Phaidon Press · 2024
Vitamin C+: Collage in Contemporary Art
Phaidon Press
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Lesbian rebels, exotic dancing and domesticity: New York’s Upstate Photography Biennial – in pictures
The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) in Kingston, New York, has opened the first-ever New York Upstate Photography Biennial, featuring the wo…
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Are You a Queer Artist Heading to Fire Island This Summer? Pack This Book.
Cultured magazine highlights a new book, *Fire Island Art: 100 Years*, edited by John Dempsey, president of the Fire Island Pines Historical Society. …
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V. Joy Simmons, a Los Angeles-based physician and longtime art collector, opened her Baldwin Hills home to ARTnews for a tour of her extensive collect…
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Tilton Gallery in New York has announced that its upcoming exhibition, featuring late abstract painter Ruth Vollmer, will be its last. The show runs f…
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Museums across Washington, D.C., are currently presenting a robust slate of exhibitions focused on African American art, including major retrospective…
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The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University held its first benefit gala in over twenty years in New York City on May 12, 2025. The event honored Lizbet…
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The Rose Art Museum held its first-ever New York benefit gala, marking its return to the fundraising circuit after two decades. Co-chaired by advisor …
exhibitionsMay 13, 2025
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Past Exhibitions11

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Queens Museum

Our first and last love

Lyle Ashton Harris

Jan 1, 2024

Lyle Ashton Harris — 2024

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Rose Art Museum

Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last love

Lyle Ashton Harris

415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA

Jan 1, 2023

Lyle Ashton Harris — 2023

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#478 David Castillo Gallery

Lyle Ashton Harris: In these shadows

Lyle Ashton Harris

25 NE 39th St, Miami, FL 33137, USA

Oct 12, 2020 — Nov 21, 2020

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Dia Art Foundation

Lyle Ashton Harris and Rico Washington

Lyle Ashton Harris, Rico Washington

94 Rue Saint-Lazare, 75009 Paris, France

Jun 1, 2020 — Jul 27, 2020

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#160 MARUANI MERCIER GALLERY

Ombre à l’Ombre

Lyle Ashton Harris

Oct 9, 2019 — Dec 16, 2019

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#478 David Castillo Gallery

Lyle Ashton Harris: Ektachrome Archive 1986-96: Part I – Recovering Identity and Desire

Lyle Ashton Harris

25 NE 39th St, Miami, FL 33137, USA

Apr 10, 2015 — May 30, 2015

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#50 Jack Shainman Gallery

The Language of the Unheard

Lyle Ashton Harris

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

Mar 5, 2015 — Apr 25, 2015

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#156 Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Lyle Ashton Harris Blowup

Lyle Ashton Harris

Dec 10, 2004 — Jan 29, 2005

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#123 Galerie Nathalie Obadia

Lyle Ashton Harris

Lyle Ashton Harris

3 Rue du Cloître Saint-Merri, 75004 Paris, France

Mar 27, 2004 — May 19, 2004

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#6,744 80WSE Gallery | NYU Steinhardt

Lyle Ashton Harris

Lyle Ashton Harris

80 Washington Square E, New York, NY 10003, USA

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Saatchi Gallery

Filling In The Pieces In Black

Cornelius Annor, Reginald Armstrong, Larry Amponsah, Ofunne Azinge, Radcliffe Bailey, Kwame Akoto Bamfo, Kwesi Botchway, Wonder Buhle, Samuel Desaboia, Godfried Donkor, Esiri Erheriene-Essi, Johnson Eziefula, Modupeola Fadugba, Nicola Green, Marcel Gyan, Lyle Ashton Harris, Yinka Ilori, Hassan Issah, Sthenjwa Luthuli, Alexis McGrigg, Mario Moore, Kaloki Nyamai, Joshua Oheneba-Takyi, Zak Ové, Patrick Quarm, Sheena Rose, Samuel de Saboia, Khadija Saye, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willlis Thomas, Uthman Wahaab, Khari Turner, Lulama Wolf, Kwaku Yaro

Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, London SW3 4RY, UK

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Art Fair Appearances3

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Art Basel — Basel
2021
The Armory Show — New York
2021
Frieze London — London
2016
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Recent Activity20

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May 25, 2026
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May 21, 2026
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Apr 30, 2026
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Aspen AIR Festival to Feature Lucy Raven, Camille Henrot, Los Thuthanaka, Morgan Bassichis, and More
Apr 28, 2026
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lauren haynes appointed executive director atlanta contemporary
Feb 10, 2026
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Sally Tallant, director of New York’s Queens Museum, to lead London’s Hayward Gallery
Jan 21, 2026
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Jan 21, 2026
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Dec 4, 2025
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Oct 9, 2025
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tilton gallery closure
Sep 24, 2025
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Aug 31, 2025
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Jul 23, 2025
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Jul 3, 2025
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May 15, 2025
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rose art museum gala exhibition fund
May 13, 2025
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Rose Art Museum Holds First Benefit Gala in Over 20 Years
May 13, 2025
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Our first and last love
Jan 1, 2024
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Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last love
Jan 1, 2023
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