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)

Untitled (9 works), 2015–2016

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (9 works), 2015–2016

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Untitled (Stop Sign), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Stop Sign), 2017

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Untitled (Horse Grouping), 2016–2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Horse Grouping), 2016–2017

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Shadow Head, 2004

Richard Hambleton

Shadow Head, 2004

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Untitled, 2012

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, 2012

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Standing Shadow - Run

Richard Hambleton

Standing Shadow - Run

Sale Date: December 7, 2021

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Standing Shadow - 2009, 2009

Richard Hambleton

Standing Shadow - 2009, 2009

Sale Date: November 30, 2021

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Jumping Shadows - 1999, 1999

Richard Hambleton

Jumping Shadows - 1999, 1999

Sale Date: November 30, 2021

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Standing Shadow - Yellow & Red

Richard Hambleton

Standing Shadow - Yellow & Red

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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Horse & Rider - Red

Richard Hambleton

Horse & Rider - Red

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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Shadowhead, 1999

Richard Hambleton

Shadowhead, 1999

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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Untitled, 1985

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, 1985

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Purple Shadow Head, 2014

Richard Hambleton

Purple Shadow Head, 2014

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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Shadow Head, 1997, 1997

Richard Hambleton

Shadow Head, 1997, 1997

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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Shadow Head, 1999, 1999

Richard Hambleton

Shadow Head, 1999, 1999

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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Untitled (Sketches and Notes), 2015–2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Sketches and Notes), 2015–2017

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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Untitled (Stop Sign), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Stop Sign), 2017

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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Untitled (Diesel Book), 2015–2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Diesel Book), 2015–2017

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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Untitled (Cop Shooting Artist), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Cop Shooting Artist), 2017

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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Untitled (Twelve Drawings), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Twelve Drawings), 2017

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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Untitled (Three Drawings of Cats), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Three Drawings of Cats), 2017

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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Untitled (Seven Drawings of a Horse and , 2015–2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Seven Drawings of a Horse and , 2015–2017

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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Untitled (Three Graph Books), 2015–2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Three Graph Books), 2015–2017

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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Untitled (Four Drawings of Boxers), 2017

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Four Drawings of Boxers), 2017

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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