Glenn Ligon valuation
American conceptual artist whose text paintings and neons draw on writers such as James Baldwin.
Glenn Ligon (born 1960) was born in the Bronx, graduated from Wesleyan University in 1982 and took part in the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program in 1985.
What a work by Glenn Ligon is worth
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Bio
Glenn Ligon (born 1960) was born in the Bronx, graduated from Wesleyan University in 1982 and took part in the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program in 1985. He began as an abstract painter and introduced text into his work in the mid-1980s, drawing on writers and speakers including James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Gertrude Stein and Richard Pryor. His Stranger series is based on Baldwin's 1953 essay Stranger in the Village. To Disembark (1993), which included the print series Runaways, was shown at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. He works across painting, neon, video and photography, and in 2009 President Barack Obama chose his Black Like Me No. 2 for the White House.
What comes to market is text paintings, works on paper, neons and prints in limited editions. A buyer will want to know the date and series of a work, the gallery of origin, and for prints the edition and signature. Neons should be seen lit, with transformers and fittings checked and anything replaced noted. Paintings using oilstick or coal dust have fragile surfaces and should be checked for rubbing and loss, and prints for fading and handling creases.
At a glance
- Born
- 1960, The Bronx
- Movement
- Conceptual art
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