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, 1985

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, 1985

Sale Date: December 17, 2014

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Untitled, 1985

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, 1985

Sale Date: September 7, 2014

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Saskia, 1989

Richard Hambleton

Sale Date: July 24, 2014

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Untitled (Jumping Man), 1982

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Jumping Man), 1982

Sale Date: June 12, 2014

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Untitled, 1999

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, 1999

Sale Date: May 8, 2014

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Untitled (Black Cat)

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Black Cat)

Sale Date: May 13, 2014

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Untitled (Shadow Figure), 1983

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Shadow Figure), 1983

Sale Date: May 13, 2014

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Untitled (from the Seascape series)

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (from the Seascape series)

Sale Date: May 15, 2014

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Dangerous, 1984

Richard Hambleton

Dangerous, 1984

Sale Date: April 8, 2014

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Untitled (Heads; 2 works), 1990

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Heads; 2 works), 1990

Sale Date: September 26, 2013

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Untitled (Shadow Cat), 2005

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Shadow Cat), 2005

Sale Date: October 13, 2013

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Untitled (Shadow Cat), 2005

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Shadow Cat), 2005

Sale Date: October 13, 2013

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Untitled, 2011

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, 2011

Sale Date: September 10, 2013

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Untitled (from the Seascape series), 1986

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (from the Seascape series), 1986

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Blue Angel, 1984

Richard Hambleton

Blue Angel, 1984

Sale Date: July 17, 2013

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Untitled (Shadow Head) (Hambleton) and 2003..., 1990

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Shadow Head) (Hambleton) and 2003..., 1990

Sale Date: May 18, 2013

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Untitled (Shadow Head) (Hambleton) and 2003..., 1990

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (Shadow Head) (Hambleton) and 2003..., 1990

Sale Date: May 18, 2013

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Hours Later

Richard Hambleton

Sale Date: May 18, 2013

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Night life, 1985

Richard Hambleton

Night life, 1985

Sale Date: March 28, 2013

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Marlboro Man (from the Marlboro Man series), 1984

Richard Hambleton

Marlboro Man (from the Marlboro Man series), 1984

Sale Date: March 20, 2013

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Shadowman, 1986

Richard Hambleton

Shadowman, 1986

Sale Date: March 18, 2013

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Untitled (Shadow Head #5), 1990

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Untitled (Shadow Head #5), 1990

Sale Date: April 8, 2013

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Untitled (head shadow), 1980

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (head shadow), 1980

Sale Date: February 5, 2013

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Shadow figure, 1983

Richard Hambleton

Shadow figure, 1983

Sale Date: February 9, 2013

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