Radcliffe Bailey

(American, 1968–2023)

Radcliffe Bailey is a contemporary African American artist known for his mixed-media practice that delves into his black heritage and childhood in the South. Employing materials that include paint, traditional African sculpture, tintype photographs of his family, clay, and piano keys, the artist conveys the powerful sentiment of a living memory. “I believe that by making things that are very personal they become universal,” he explained. “I am first and foremost an artist, a person of this world, and an artist of African descent who grew up in the South and has chosen to continue to live and work in the South. My art is about history and the mystery of history.” Born in 1968 in Bridgeton, NJ, he grew up in Atlanta where he frequent the High Museum of Art with his mother who introduced her son to the works of James Van Der Zee and Jacob Lawrence. Bailey received his BFA from the Atlanta College of Art in 1991 and has gone on to have several solo exhibitions including “Memory as Medicine,” which opened in 2011 at the High Museum of Art. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., among others. He continues to live and work in Atlanta, GA.

Radcliffe Bailey Artworks

Radcliffe Bailey (66 results)

Tobacco Blues, 2000

Radcliffe Bailey

Tobacco Blues, 2000

Sale Date: March 11, 2023

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Grace, 1995

Radcliffe Bailey

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Seated Male Portrait

Radcliffe Bailey

Seated Male Portrait

Sale Date: June 9, 2022

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Untitled, 1994

Radcliffe Bailey

Untitled, 1994

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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Until I Die / Georgia Trees & the Upper Room, 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

Until I Die / Georgia Trees & the Upper Room, 1997

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Until I Die / Georgia Trees & the Upper Room, 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

Until I Die / Georgia Trees & the Upper Room, 1997

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Day of Soumbedioune in Dakar, 2008

Radcliffe Bailey

Day of Soumbedioune in Dakar, 2008

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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In The Garden, 2003

Radcliffe Bailey

In The Garden, 2003

Sale Date: May 26, 2021

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Until I Die / Minor Keys, 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

Until I Die / Minor Keys, 1997

Sale Date: May 5, 2021

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Until I Die / Georgia Trees and the Upper Room, 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

Until I Die / Georgia Trees and the Upper Room, 1997

Sale Date: May 5, 2021

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Untitled, 2002

Radcliffe Bailey

Untitled, 2002

Sale Date: May 4, 2021

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Until I Die / Minor Keys, 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

Until I Die / Minor Keys, 1997

Sale Date: February 17, 2021

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Untitled (Ancestral Tree)., 2002

Radcliffe Bailey

Untitled (Ancestral Tree)., 2002

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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Until I Die/Minor Keys., 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

Until I Die/Minor Keys., 1997

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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Homage to Negro Baseball League, 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

Homage to Negro Baseball League, 1997

Sale Date: December 8, 2020

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Kindred, 1999

Radcliffe Bailey

Kindred, 1999

Sale Date: March 25, 2020

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Untitled, 2001

Radcliffe Bailey

Untitled, 2001

Sale Date: March 4, 2020

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Until I Die / Minor Keys., 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

Until I Die / Minor Keys., 1997

Sale Date: October 8, 2019

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To Be Titled, 2012–2013

Radcliffe Bailey

To Be Titled, 2012–2013

Sale Date: November 29, 2018

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UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association), 2003

Radcliffe Bailey

UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association), 2003

Sale Date: October 4, 2018

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Solemn Journey, 1998

Radcliffe Bailey

Solemn Journey, 1998

Sale Date: February 28, 2017

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By the River, 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

By the River, 1997

Sale Date: July 22, 2015

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By the River, 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

By the River, 1997

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

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Until I die/Georgia trees and the upper room, 1997

Radcliffe Bailey

Until I die/Georgia trees and the upper room, 1997

Sale Date: October 9, 2014

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