Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report
Willie Cole
American · b. 1955
56
52–67 bandDiscovery profile: fair visibility
Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 8, 2026.
Overall56
Composite Codex score
Institutional64
Museums/acquisitions may be sparse
Market35
Thin auction dataset expected
Momentum31
Recent activity and interest
Representation12
Gallery and exhibition traction
Codex Rank#4,268Established
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal3838 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median$20.2KSculpture/objects · 1 priced
Sell-through86%Top house: Christie's
Signal summary
Willie Cole: fair visibility. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.
Observed evidence: 3 tracked fair/biennial appearances. 1 education record in Codex.
Data gaps: No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.
Data gaps: No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.
Representation
- No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex
Institutional holdings
Cleveland Museum of ArtHammer MuseumMetropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Studio Museum in HarlemWhitney Museum of American Art
Recent Exhibitions
- No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally
Market profile
Category-aware market read: Editioned prints median: $2.3K (3 priced); Sculpture/objects median: $20.2K (1 priced); Paintings median: $7.9K (1 priced); Works on paper median: $889 (1 priced). Sell-through: 86%. Historical record: $20.2K at Christie's (May 18, 2023).
Annual median hammer price, USD
$8.8K$4.4K$0
Education & awards
- School of Visual Arts (SVA)BFA · New York, NY
Press Signals
- No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage
Publications
- No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex
Selected works
Top five visible works from each Codex selected-works category, ordered by the same priority used on the artist profile.
Museum Acquisitions
Top 5 of 14
Previous Sales
Top 5 of 8
Upcoming Auctions
Top 1
For Sale
Top 5 of 10
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