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Previous Sales 121

Sotheby's
Healing the Feeling
Healing the Feeling, 2013
Unknown
Mar 2026
Sotheby's
Out Into the Open
Out Into the Open, 2003
£324,406 ($324k USD)
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 2019
$55,000
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Stay Song #22
Stay Song #22, 2018
£242,079 ($242k USD)
Jun 2025
Sotheby's
Agean
Agean, 2009
£568,756 ($569k USD)
Mar 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 2020
$65,000
Sep 2024
Christie's
Red Sung
Red Sung, 2016
£277,200 ($366k USD)
Jun 2024
Christie's
Fellow Traveler
Fellow Traveler, 2014
£378,000 ($499k USD)
Oct 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 2001
$109,345
Sep 2023
Sotheby's
Nina in the Sky with Diamonds
Nina in the Sky with Diamonds, 2023
Unknown
May 2023
Christie's
Bertacca
Bertacca, 2017
$504,000
May 2023
Sotheby's
Red, Green, Black, Blues
Red, Green, Black, Blues, 2013
$609,600
Mar 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1997
£1,295,346 ($1.3M USD)
Mar 2023
Christie's
Bob’s Smile
Bob’s Smile, 2009
£630,000 ($832k USD)
Feb 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
$55,000
Dec 2022
Christie's
IDA Red Dressed in Green
IDA Red Dressed in Green, 2020
$1,071,000
Nov 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
$119,647
Oct 2022
Christie's
Memory Garden
Memory Garden, 2020
£705,600 ($931k USD)
Oct 2022
Christie's
Midnight Hour
Midnight Hour, 2016
$655,200
Sep 2022
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1995
$81,900
Sep 2022
Christie's
Summers Night
Summers Night, 2007
£315,000 ($416k USD)
Jul 2022
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 2006
£88,200 ($116k USD)
Jul 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
£99,618 ($100k USD)
Jun 2022
Sotheby's
The Wild West
The Wild West, 2013
£1,101,396 ($1.1M USD)
Jun 2022
Christie's
New York Sound
New York Sound, 2013
£529,200 ($699k USD)
Jun 2022

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Galerie Nordenhake · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 2019
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Oil on linen
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Nov 2025 · $610K
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Paintings: $328K medianWorks on paper: $24.6K medianEditioned prints: $4.1K medianBooks/portfolios: $3.8K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Podcast Interviews3

podcasts No. 641: Holiday clips: Stanley Whitney The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Feb 16, 2024
Episode No. 641 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast is a President’s Day weekend clips show featuring artist Stanley Whitney. The Buffalo AKG Art Museum (née the Albright-Knox Art Gallery) is presenting “Stanley Whitney: How…
 podcasts A brush with... Stanley Whitney A brush with... · Feb 7, 2024
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences from Paul Cézanne to Miles Davis
 podcasts No. 272: Stanley Whitney The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Jan 19, 2017
Episode No. 272 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Stanley Whitney. On Saturday, January 21 — that’s this weekend — the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will open “Focus: Stanley Whitney,” an exhibition of Wh…
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Biennial Selections1

documenta — Kassel
2017 · documenta 14 · curated by Adam Szymczyk
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Education2

Kansas City Art Institute
BA · Kansas City, MO, USA
Yale School of Art
MFA · New Haven, CT, USA
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Publications1

Group Catalog 1

Reimagining: New Perspectives: The Latest Acquisitions by the UBS Art Collection
Phaidon Press · 2022
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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News20

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MONUMENTS at MOCA and The Brick
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Eddie Kang at Gana Art Los Angeles
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Past Exhibitions26

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Craig F. Starr Gallery

Stanley Whitney

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5 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Oct 23, 2025 — Jan 21, 2026

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#1 Gagosian

Stanley Whitney: Return to the Garden

Stanley Whitney

22, Anapiron Polemou Street, Athina 115 21, Greece

Oct 2, 2025 — Dec 31, 2025

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Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Stanley Whitney

25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, MA 02210, USA

Jan 1, 2025

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon Apr 17 – Sep 1, 2025 From early breakthroughs to mature formal experiments, How High the Moon is the first retrospective t...

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Walker Art Center

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Stanley Whitney

725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN 55403, USA

Nov 14, 2024 — Mar 16, 2025

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon Nov 14, 2024–Mar 16, 2025 Exhibitions Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

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#87 Leslie Sacks Gallery

Stanley Whitney

Stanley Whitney

2525 Michigan Ave b6, Santa Monica, CA 90404, United States

Nov 2, 2024 — Dec 25, 2024

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#1 Gagosian

Stanley Whitney: By the Love of Those Unloved

Stanley Whitney

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

May 8, 2024 — Jul 3, 2024

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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Stanley Whitney

1285 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA

Feb 9, 2024 — May 26, 2024

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon February 9, 2024–May 26, 2024 This touring retrospective, the first survey of Stanley Whitney’s work ever assembled, demon...

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#1 Gagosian

Stanley Whitney: Dear Paris

9 rue de Ponthieu, 75008 Paris, France

Jan 10, 2024 — Feb 28, 2024

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Allentown Art Museum

Structure and Lyric: Prints by Stanley Whitney

Stanley Whitney

31 N 5th St, Allentown, PA 18101, USA

Jan 1, 2024

Structure and Lyric: Prints by Stanley Whitney June 1 through September 29, 2024 View Exhibition

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#1 Gagosian

Stanley Whitney: There Will Be Song

Stanley Whitney

20 Grosvenor Hill, London W1K 3QD, United Kingdom

Mar 30, 2023 — May 13, 2023

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#1 Gagosian

Stanley Whitney: Paintings on Paper

Gstaad-Saanen Airport, Oeystrasse 29, 3792 Saanen, Switzerland

Dec 19, 2022 — Jan 28, 2023

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Baltimore Museum of Art

Stanley Whitney: Dance with Me Henri

Stanley Whitney

10 Art Museum Dr, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Nov 20, 2022 — Feb 18, 2023

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#171 Galerie Nordenhake

Homeing I: Works on Paper

Stanley Whitney

Linnégatan 31

Jan 13, 2022 — Feb 19, 2022

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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Stanley Whitney: The Italian Paintings

Stanley Whitney

1285 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA

Jan 1, 2022

Stanley Whitney: The Italian Paintings April 23–November 27, 2022 Palazzo Tiepolo Passi, Venice, Italy An official Collateral Event at the Biennale Arte 2022...

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Stanley Whitney: TwentyTwenty

Stanley Whitney

508 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Nov 2, 2021 — Dec 18, 2021

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#6 Lisson Gallery

FOCUS: Stanley Whitney

Stanley Whitney

1037 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038, United States

Jul 27, 2020 — Aug 2, 2020

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Stanley Whitney: No to Prison Life

Stanley Whitney

1037 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038, United States

Jul 13, 2020 — Jul 30, 2020

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Stanley Whitney: Afternoon Paintings

Stanley Whitney

27 Bell St, London NW1 5BY, United Kingdom

Oct 2, 2019 — Nov 2, 2019

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Stanley Whitney: In the Color

Stanley Whitney

508 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Nov 3, 2018 — Dec 21, 2018

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Stanley Whitney: Drawings

Stanley Whitney

1037 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038, United States

Sep 8, 2017 — Oct 21, 2017

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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

FOCUS: Stanley Whitney

Stanley Whitney

3200 Darnell St, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA

Jan 21, 2017 — Apr 2, 2017

FOCUS: Stanley Whitney FOCUS Jan 21, 2017 - Apr 02, 2017 Stanley Whitney investigates the intricate possibilities of color and form in the realm of abstract ...

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Stanley Whitney: Radical Times

Stanley Whitney

27 Bell St, London NW1 5BY, United Kingdom

May 20, 2016 — Jul 2, 2016

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Stanley Whitney: Paintings

Stanley Whitney

Via Gastone Pisoni, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

Oct 2, 2015 — Nov 13, 2015

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#39 Karma

Stanley Whitney

Stanley Whitney

188 E 2nd St, New York, NY 10009, United States

Jun 15, 2015 — Aug 30, 2015

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#171 Galerie Nordenhake

Yellow, Noon and Night

Stanley Whitney

Lindenstraße 34, 10969 Berlin, Germany

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#171 Galerie Nordenhake

Here Comes the Sun

Stanley Whitney

Linnégatan 31

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Art Fair Appearances30

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ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2026
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2025
Art Basel — Basel
2025
Frieze London — London
2025
The Armory Show — New York
2025
Art Basel — Basel
2024
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2024
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2023
Art Basel — Basel
2023
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
Frieze London — London
2023
Untitled: Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2022
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2021
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2021
Art Basel — Basel
2019
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2019
ZONAMACO — Mexico City
2019
Art Basel — Basel
2018
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2018
artgenève — Geneva
2018
Frieze London — London
2018
ZONAMACO — Mexico City
2018
Art Basel — Basel
2017
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2017
Frieze London — London
2017
ZONAMACO — Mexico City
2017
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2016
Frieze London — London
2016
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