Tim Rollins
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personAmerican, 1955–2017
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Selected Works25

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney
The Whiteness of the Whale II (after Herman Melville)
The Whiteness of the Whale II (after Herman Melville), 1991
Acquired 2024
Acrylic and paper on linen
Tate
Animal Farm - Big Three
Animal Farm - Big Three, 1989
In museum collection
Tate
Animal Farm - New World Order
Animal Farm - New World Order, 1989
In museum collection
Tate
Animal Farm - G7
Animal Farm - G7, 1989
In museum collection
Whitney
Untitiled (brick)
Untitiled (brick), 1984
In museum collection
Oil on brick
Whitney
The Whiteness of the Whale
The Whiteness of the Whale, 1985
In museum collection
Acrylic on found paper, mounted on linen
Whitney
By Any Means Necessary: Nightmare
By Any Means Necessary: Nightmare, 1986
In museum collection
Collage and acrylic on canvas

Previous Sales

Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled (Der Verschollene or Amerika)
Untitled (Der Verschollene or Amerika)
$1,016
Nov 2025
Christie's
A Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
A Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.), 2008
£12,500 ($17k USD)
Mar 2015
Christie's
A Letter from a Birmingham Jail II (after Rev. Dr. M.L. King, Jr.)
A Letter from a Birmingham Jail II (after Rev. Dr. M.L. King, Jr.), 2007
£8,125 ($11k USD)
Sep 2013
Christie's
Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (B. 1955)
Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (B. 1955), 1993
$2,040
Jul 2007
Christie's
Untitled, 1987-1988
Untitled, 1987-1988
$1,800
Jul 2005
Rago Arts and Auction Center
White Alice
White Alice
$5,376
Jan 1970
Roseberys · Artsy
The Temptation of Saint Antony XV-XXXIV- The Solidarities
The Temptation of Saint Antony XV-XXXIV- The Solidarities, 1990
Bidding closed
The complete portfolio of twenty etchings on wove
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Art Object
Art Object, 1993
Bidding closed
Metallic pain and ink on hardcover book
Skinner · Artsy
Plate XII from the series The Temptation of St. Anthony
Plate XII from the series The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1990
Bidding closed
Etching and aquatint on paper
Freeman's | Hindman · Artsy
Winterreise - Wasserfluth
Winterreise - Wasserfluth, 1989
Bidding closed
Acrylic, mica and offset lithograph
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
The Temptation of Saint Anthony XXXVI - The Sun (No. 21)
The Temptation of Saint Anthony XXXVI - The Sun (No. 21), 1990
Bidding closed
Spit bite aquatint printed in red with hand applied stain on xerographic text chine colle
Children's Museum of the Arts Benefit Auction · Artsy
A Midsummer Night's Dream (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn), 2016
Bidding closed
Watercolor, india ink, acrylic, mulberry paper, collage, apple juice, mustard seed on music score on gesso board
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
White Alice
White Alice, 1984
Bidding closed
Matte acrylic on bookpages (Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass") laid to linen
Aste Boetto · Artsy
Pinocchio (after Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio (after Carlo Collodi), 1992
Bidding closed
Prosthetic acrylic eyes, wax, tung oil on a wood log
Print Center New York Benefit Auction · Artsy
The Temptation of St. Anthony VII
The Temptation of St. Anthony VII, 1990
Bidding closed
Etching and aquatint

For Sale

Independent Curators International (ICI) · Artsy
Black Beauty The Liberty
Black Beauty The Liberty, 1990
US$1,500
Chine colle lithograph with linocut
Rita Krauss Fine Art FLA. · Artsy
Set of 4 works: Study for Amerika VI, Study for Amerika VII, Study for Amerika a refuge, Study for Amerika a refuge
Set of 4 works: Study for Amerika VI, Study for Amerika VII, Study for Amerika a refuge, Study for Amerika a refuge, 1987
Price on request
Pencil, watercolor on book page
Crown Point Press · Artsy
The Temptation of Saint Anthony XXXV - The Queen of Sheba
The Temptation of Saint Anthony XXXV - The Queen of Sheba, 1990
US$4,500
Soft ground etching on photogravure text chine collé
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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The Whiteness of the Whale II (after Herman Melville)
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2024.213 · Acrylic and paper on linen
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection
Amerika V
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.120 · watercolor, acrylic, charcoal, and bistre with graphite on book page on canvas
Purchase, by exchange, through a fractional gift of Shirley Ross Davis and partial gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. Paul and Genevieve Y. Ong, and Andrew Ong and George Robertson
A Midsummer Night's Dream (after William Shakespeare), [Created with 4th-8th grade students in Clarksburg, Savoy and Florida Elementary Schools during Kidspace, Mass MoCA artist residency March 2005]
Williams College Museum of Art · Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States · Acquired 2005 · Accession M.2005.18 · watercolor, acrylic, paper, collage, Xerox on paper, on canvas
Gift of the artists in honor of Linda Shearer and in memory of Bishop, Dr. Preston R. Washington, Sr., Class of 1970
The Nature Theater of Oklahoma
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 1999 · Accession 1999.327 · gold metallic and black paint
John L. Severance Fund
Diary of a Slave Girl (After Harriet Jacobs)
Williams College Museum of Art · Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States · Acquired 1998 · Accession 98.9 · satin ribbons | book pages on linen
Museum purchase, Kathryn Hurd Fund, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund
White Alice II
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, United States · Acquired Collection · Accession M1990.136 · Acrylic and photocopies mounted on canvas
Gift of the Contemporary Art Society M1990.136
XI, from the portfolio The Temptation of Saint Antony I-XIV
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, United States · Acquired 1989 · Accession M1990.28b · Spit bite, aquatint, and xerox with chine collé
Gift of the Contemporary Art Society with National Endowment for the Arts matching funds M1990.28b
IV, from the portfolio The Temptation of Saint Antony I-XIV
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, United States · Acquired 1989 · Accession M1990.28a · Spit bite, aquatint, and xerox with chine collé
Gift of the Contemporary Art Society with National Endowment for the Arts matching funds M1990.28a
Amerika III
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired Collection
Animal Farm - Big Three
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1989–92
Animal Farm - New World Order
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1989–92
Animal Farm - G7
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1989–92
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Recent News2

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Chiara Camoni, “Con te con tutto” (With You, With Everything)—Italian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale: Chiara Camoni, Cecilia Canziani, and Alessandro Rabottini in Conversation
Chiara Camoni presents "Con te con tutto" (With You, With Everything), the Italian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale. In a conversation with curato…
exhibitionsMay 7, 2026
National Gallery of Canada receives gift of 61 works valued at $16.8m
Canadian collector and businessman Bob Rennie has donated 61 works valued at C$22.8 million ($16.8 million) to the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) in…
marketJun 16, 2025
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Past Exhibitions2

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#30 Eva Presenhuber

Songs without Words

Tim Rollins and K.O.S.

Maag Areal

Sep 25, 2010 — Nov 6, 2010

#30 Eva Presenhuber

25 YEARS

Tim Rollins and K.O.S.

Maag Areal

Oct 20, 2007 — Dec 22, 2007

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Recent Activity3

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National Gallery of Canada receives gift of 61 works valued at $16.8m
Jun 16, 2025
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Exhibition
Songs without Words
Sep 25, 2010
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Exhibition
25 YEARS
Oct 20, 2007