Richard Hambleton

(American/Canadian, 1952–2017)

Richard Hambleton was an American-Canadian graffiti artist best known for his recurring motif of a black-silhouetted figure known as the Shadowman. Along with his contemporaries Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Hambleton painted directly on the streets of New York and achieved success during the art boom of the 1980s. “I painted the town black,” he once said. “They could represent watchmen or danger or the shadows of a human body after a nuclear holocaust or even my own shadow.” Born on June 23, 1952 in Vancouver, Canada, he studied at the Vancouver School of Art before beginning his Image Mass Murder series in 1976. These works mimicked the look of chalk outlines used by police during crime scene investigations. Settling in New York in 1979, Hambleton transitioned from street art to producing paintings in his studio. He went on to participate in both the 1984 and 1988 Venice Biennale. The artist died on October 29, 2017 in New York, NY. Today, Hambleton’s works are held in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others.

Richard Hambleton Artworks

Richard Hambleton (629 results)

Rain Scene 1, 1986

Richard Hambleton

Rain Scene 1, 1986

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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Horse & Rider - Bucking Red

Richard Hambleton

Horse & Rider - Bucking Red

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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Stop Sign

Richard Hambleton

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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Standing Shadow Man (Pink), 2010

Richard Hambleton

Standing Shadow Man (Pink), 2010

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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Untitled, 2000–2022

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, 2000–2022

Sale Date: March 31, 2022

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Landscape Painting, 2017

Richard Hambleton

Landscape Painting, 2017

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Untitled (Flower), 2015–2016

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Flower), 2015–2016

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Untitled (Stop Sign), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Stop Sign), 2017

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Untitled (Flowers), 2015–2016

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Flowers), 2015–2016

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Yellow Shadow Head, 2017

Richard Hambleton

Yellow Shadow Head, 2017

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Untitled (Flowers), 2015–2016

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Flowers), 2015–2016

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Untitled (Stop Sign), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Stop Sign), 2017

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Shadow Cat, 1984

Richard Hambleton

Shadow Cat, 1984

Sale Date: March 11, 2022

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Untitled Landscape, 1997, 1997

Richard Hambleton

Untitled Landscape, 1997, 1997

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Standing Shadow - Yellow & Red

Richard Hambleton

Standing Shadow - Yellow & Red

Sale Date: February 16, 2022

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Standing Shadow - Run

Richard Hambleton

Standing Shadow - Run

Sale Date: February 16, 2022

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Untitled (Five Drawings of Boxers), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Five Drawings of Boxers), 2017

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Untitled (Three Graph Books), 2015–2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Three Graph Books), 2015–2017

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Untitled (Six Drawings), 2015

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Six Drawings), 2015

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Untitled (Gold Head), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Gold Head), 2017

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Untitled (Four Drawings of Boxers), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Four Drawings of Boxers), 2017

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Untitled (Eleven Drawings), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Eleven Drawings), 2017

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Untitled (Stop Sign), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Stop Sign), 2017

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Final Shadow Head [Double-sided work, 2015–2017

Richard Hambleton

Final Shadow Head [Double-sided work, 2015–2017

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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