Glenn Ligon

Glenn Ligon 1960 Stranger #71. 2013. Oil stick and coal dust on canvas. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas. 205.7 x 151.1 cm (80.9 x 59.4 in). • TYPOGRAPHY Ligon translates language into painting, creating a fascinating symbiosis of text and pure form. • MONUMENTAL An impressive large-scale work of auratic density and visual intensity. • TEXTURE Oil stick and coal dust condense the surface into a captivating, relief-like pictorial form. • LITERARY A powerful visual interpretation of James Baldwin’s seminal essay “Stranger in the Village” (1953). • HIGHLIGHT Created following his first major retrospective, “Glenn Ligon: AMERICA” (at, among others, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2011/12). PROVENANCE: Thomas Dane Gallery, London. Private collection (acquired from the above). Glenn Ligon, quoted from: Museum of Modern Art, 1980–Today: Works From the Collection (www.moma.org/audio/playlist/298/4474; accessed on October 26, 2026 Called up: December 4, 2026 - ca. 18.16 h +/- 20 min.

Estimate:$445,943.60

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