Whitfield Lovell Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Whitfield Lovell Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 07, 2021
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Three drawings (Card Series).
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
BUF WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Three drawings (Card Series). After the Card Series II, 2006 * After the Round Series V, 2014. After the Card Series V, 2014. Each charcoal with a collaged playing card on buff wove paper. Each 310x228 mm; 12x9 inches. Each signed, titled and dated in pencil, verso. Provenance: the first acquired from DC Moore Gallery, New York, with the gallery label on the frame back; the other two acquired directly from the artist, private collection, New York. The first drawing was made after Whitfield Lovell's first series of card drawings, his 2003-06 Card Series in which he drew 54 portraits to accompany 54 (a deck of 52 with 2 jokers) rectangular playing cards. The artist exhibited an installation of this series at DC Moore Gallery in his 2006 solo exhibition. The the second and third drawing are 2014 variations after that first series and his 2006-2011 Card Series II: The Rounds a deck of round cards which is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC. These drawings are excellent examples of Whitfield Lovell's portraiture--images drawn from a personal archive of approximately 600 studio photographs of anonymous African Americans, most dating from the Emancipation Proclamation to the Civil Rights movement. Lovell often combines them with everyday found objects like playing cards, fabric fragments and other vintage objects that examine narratives and themes about family, identity, gender, love, loss, and the passage of time. Lovell first used such drawings on wood panels in a series of large installations, which gained national acclaim. His work is found in numerous institutional collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, the Seattle Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Dec. 10, 2020
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Portrait of Father.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
I WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Portrait of Father. Linoleum cut on thin handmade Japan paper, circa 1985. 724x610 mm; 28 1/2x24 inches, wide margins. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New York. In 1985, Whitfield Lovell was the recipient of both the Eastman Scholarship to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and a fellowship at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, where he created these large linocut and drypoint portraits. Another portrait, the drypoint Mrs. Jones, is now in the collection of the Library of Congress. He also exhibited prints in the 1985 show Through a Master Printer: Robert Blackburn and the Printmaking Workshop at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
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Nov. 20, 2018
Whitfield Lovell American, b. 1959 Salvation, 2001
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Whitfield Lovell American, b. 1959 Salvation, 2001 Signed Whitfield Lovell, dated 2001 and inscribed as titled on the reverse Charcoal and found objects on wood 37 5/8 x 27 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches Provenance: DC Moore Gallery, New York C The Patricia and Donald Oresman Collection
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Oct. 04, 2018
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Portrait #2).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Portrait #2). Graphite on cream wove paper, 2002. 202x153 mm; 8x6 inches. Signed, dated and numbered #2 in pencil, verso. Provenance: the artist, New York; the Hatch-Billops Collection, New York; private collection, New York. Lovell draws portraits from a personal archive of approximately 600 studio photographs of anonymous African Americans, most dating from the first half of the 20th century. Lovell often draws them directly on to wood plank assemblages, which might be combined with everyday found objects like chairs, globes, textiles, musical instruments, gramophones and radios.
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Dec. 05, 2015
Whitfield Lovell, (American, b.1959), Chance, 2002, iris print with collaged playing cards, 21" x 16"
Est: $800 - $1,200
Whitfield Lovell (American, b.1959) Chance, 2002 iris print with collaged playing cards signed, dated and numbered, 29/50 in pencil 21" x 16" Exhibitions: A separate image of Chance was shown in the Art in Embassies (AIE) program at the U.S./U.N. Embassy in 2009
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 10, 2014
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Hand XIV.
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Hand XIV. Charcoal and oil stick on heavy wove paper, 1995. 1270x1029 mm; 50x40 1/2 inches. Signed and titled on the verso. Provenance: DC Moore Gallery, New York, with the label on the frame back; private collection, New York. Exhibited: DC Moore Gallery, New York, 1997; 1997 Collector's Show and Sale, The Arkansas Arts Center, November 21, 1997 - January 4, 1998, with the labels on the frame back. This large-scale drawing is an excellent, early example of Whitfield Lovell's combining of iconic imagery and portraiture. The artist first created large-scale drawings in charcoal and oil stick during his Skowhegan residency in 1985. With this 1994-1996 series, he received a prestigious grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation in 1996, and went on to have his first solo exhibiton at DC Moore Gallery in 1997.
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Oct. 03, 2013
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled. Collaged playing cards and graphite on buff wove paper, 2003. 310x228 mm; 12 1/8x9 inches. Signed in pencil, lower left verso. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection. This haunting work is an excellent example of Whitfield Lovell's portraiture--drawn from a personal archive of approximately 600 studio photographs of anonymous African Americans, most dating from the first half of the 20th century. Lovell combines them with everyday found objects like playing cards, fabric fragments and other vintage objects. Lovell first used such drawings on wood panels in a series of large installations, which gained national acclaim. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, the Seattle Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Oct. 06, 2011
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Looking for Deer.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Looking for Deer. Charcoal and oil stick on heavy wove paper, 1986. 965x1270 mm; 38x50 inches. Signed in ink, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New York. In 1986, Lovell won a New York Foundation for the Arts grant, and was included in the exhibition Self-Portrait at Kenkeleba Gallery, New York. He continued to show the large scale drawings in charcoal and oil stick that he begun at his Skowhegan residency the year before.
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Oct. 06, 2011
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Portrait of Father.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Portrait of Father. Linoleum cut on thin handmade Japan paper, circa 1985. 724x610 mm; 28 1/2x24 inches, full margins. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New York. In 1985, Whitfield Lovell was the recipient of both the Eastman Scholarship to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and a fellowship at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, where he created these large linocut and drypoint portraits. Another portrait, the drypoint Mrs. Jones, is now in the collection of the Library of Congress. He also exhibited prints in the 1985 show Through a Master Printer: Robert Blackburn and the Printmaking Workshop at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
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Jul. 18, 2011
Whitfield Lovell (AMERICAN, b. 1959)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Whitfield Lovell (AMERICAN, b. 1959) Hand on Heart signed 'Lovell' (lower right) watercolor, gouache and pastel on paper 36 x 39 in. (91.4 x 99 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 17, 2011
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Portrait #2).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Portrait #2). Graphite on cream wove paper, 2002. 202x153 mm; 8x6 inches. Signed, dated and numbered #2 in pencil, verso. Provenance: the artist, New York; the Hatch-Billops Collection, New York. Lovell draws portraits from a personal archive of approximately 600 studio photographs of anonymous African Americans, most dating from the first half of the 20th century. Lovell often draws them directly on to wood plank assemblages, which might be combined with everyday found objects like chairs, globes, textiles, musical instruments, gramophones and radios. Lovell first used such drawings in a series of installations, often with incorporated sound effects which gained national acclaim. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, the Seattle Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Jun. 24, 2010
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Portrait #2).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Portrait #2). Graphite on cream wove paper, 2002. 202x153 mm; 8x6 inches. Signed, dated and numbered #2 in pencil, verso. Provenance: the artist, New York; the Hatch-Billops Collection, New York. Lovell draws portraits from a personal archive of approximately 600 studio photographs of anonymous African Americans, most dating from the first half of the 20th century. Lovell often draws them directly on to wood plank assemblages, which might be combined with everyday found objects like chairs, globes, textiles, musical instruments, gramophones and radios. Lovell first used such drawings in a series of installations, often with incorporated sound effects which gained national acclaim. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, the Seattle Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Oct. 08, 2009
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Blue Bird).
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Blue Bird). Charcoal and paper collage on wood panel, 2001. 545x260 mm; 11 1/2x10 1/4 inches. Signed and dated in ink on the verso. Provenance: DC Moore Gallery, New York, with the gallery label verso; private collection. To create this series of portraits, Whitfield Lovell drew from a personal archive of approximately 600 studio photographs of anonymous African Americans, most dating from the first half of the 20th century. His drawings, collages and series of installations, which have achieved national acclaim, all derive from these tintypes, cabinet cards, bubble-glass portraits, and postcards. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, the Seattle Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.
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Feb. 06, 2007
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Portait #2).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Portait #2). Graphite on cream wove paper, 2002. 202x153 mm; 8x6 inches. Signed, dated, numbered #2 in pencil verso. Provenance: Ex-collection Hatch Billops Collection, New York.
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Feb. 06, 2007
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Portrait #1).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Untitled (Portrait #1). Graphite on cream wove paper, 2002. 202x153 mm; 8x6 inches. Signed, dated and numbered #1 in pencil verso. Provenance: Ex-collection Hatch-Billops Collection, New York. Lovell makes his portrait drawings from a personal archive of approximately 600 studio photographs of anonymous African-Americans, most dating from the first half of the 20th century. His drawings, tableaux and series of installations which have achieved broad national acclaim all derive from these tintypes, cabinet cards, bubble-glass portraits, and postcards. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, the Seattle Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery.
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