Lee Quinones

(Puerto Rican, born 1960)

Lee Quinones is an American-Puerto Rican artist known for the graffiti he made on New York subway cars during the 1970s and 1980s. Quinones addressed political and cultural issues through his graffiti, with quotes such as “Earth is Hell, Heaven is Life” and “Stop the Bomb.” Born George Lee Quinones in 1960 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he was raised in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York. The artist began tagging subway cars in 1974, and by 1976 he was already well known in a community which included Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Many of these paintings are only documented by Instamatic color photos, though during the time some of them survived for several months without being removed. By the mid-1980s, he had begun working on canvas and exhibiting his work in galleries. He has gone on to collaborate on graphics for clothing brands such as Supreme and Adidas. The artist currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Today, Quinones’s works are held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands.

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Lee Quinones Artworks

Lee Quinones (31 results)

Wild Style, 1995. Commissioned by James..., 1995

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Wild Style, 1995. Commissioned by James..., 1995

Sale Date: July 25, 2023

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Wild Style, 1995. Commissioned by James..., 1995

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Wild Style, 1995. Commissioned by James..., 1995

Sale Date: July 25, 2023

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Man on the Moon, 1994

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Man on the Moon, 1994

Sale Date: December 14, 2022

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Untitled (Subway Door), 1996

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Untitled (Subway Door), 1996

Sale Date: November 18, 2022

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Disconnection notice, Study for Soy Boricua..., 2013

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Disconnection notice, Study for Soy Boricua..., 2013

Sale Date: October 4, 2021

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The Dance Band, 1976

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The Dance Band, 1976

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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TAMELESS HORSES, 1988

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TAMELESS HORSES, 1988

Sale Date: October 1, 2020

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Fuck it you title it, 1996

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Fuck it you title it, 1996

Sale Date: May 5, 2019

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My heart at 19, 1983

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My heart at 19, 1983

Sale Date: May 5, 2019

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Still the angry young, 1983

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Still the angry young, 1983

Sale Date: December 2, 2017

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RACER X, 1991

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RACER X, 1991

Sale Date: October 27, 2015

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Hand Ball Courts (set of 3), 2013

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Hand Ball Courts (set of 3), 2013

Sale Date: July 30, 2015

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Jealous eye's, 1983

Lee Quinones

Jealous eye's, 1983

Sale Date: February 4, 2015

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Hand Ball Courts (set of 3), 2013

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Hand Ball Courts (set of 3), 2013

Sale Date: December 18, 2014

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Abolut-Lee, 1994

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Abolut-Lee, 1994

Sale Date: October 9, 2014

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Victim of the Atomic Rain, 1982

Lee Quinones

Victim of the Atomic Rain, 1982

Sale Date: September 16, 2014

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Century of the Wind from Bullet Space,..., 1988–1992

Lee Quinones

Century of the Wind from Bullet Space,..., 1988–1992

Sale Date: October 17, 2013

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Metallica, 1991

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Metallica, 1991

Sale Date: April 17, 2013

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Jealous eyes, 1983

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Jealous eyes, 1983

Sale Date: December 20, 2012

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Da-da n. 1, 1979

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Da-da n. 1, 1979

Sale Date: November 13, 2008

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Blood sweat tear's, 1983

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Blood sweat tear's, 1983

Sale Date: May 15, 2010

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Untitled, 1982

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Untitled, 1982

Sale Date: September 17, 2009

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Danger, 1982

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Sale Date: June 4, 1997

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Still the angry young, 1983

Lee Quinones

Still the angry young, 1983

Sale Date: December 18, 1996

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