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 (jumping man), 1982–1984

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (jumping man), 1982–1984

Sale Date: May 15, 2010

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Untitled (shadow head/red)(+ another, smllr; 2...

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (shadow head/red)(+ another, smllr; 2...

Sale Date: May 15, 2010

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Slippery when wet, 1984

Richard Hambleton

Slippery when wet, 1984

Sale Date: May 20, 2010

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Leaping figure

Richard Hambleton

Leaping figure

Sale Date: May 16, 2010

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Untitled, 2003

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, 2003

Sale Date: May 12, 2010

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Untitled

Richard Hambleton

Sale Date: November 14, 2009

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Untitled, shadow head white (+ Untitled, shadow...

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, shadow head white (+ Untitled, shadow...

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Untitled, three heads

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, three heads

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Untitled

Richard Hambleton

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Untitled

Richard Hambleton

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Untitled

Richard Hambleton

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Bermuda, 1984

Richard Hambleton

Bermuda, 1984

Sale Date: April 21, 2009

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Untitled

Richard Hambleton

Sale Date: October 26, 2008

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Untitled (3 works)

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (3 works)

Sale Date: October 26, 2008

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Untitled, 2000

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, 2000

Sale Date: October 26, 2008

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Untitled, shadow cowboy

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, shadow cowboy

Sale Date: October 26, 2008

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Untitled (+ Untitled; 2 works), 1999

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (+ Untitled; 2 works), 1999

Sale Date: April 13, 2008

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Untitled (+ Untitled; 2 works)

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (+ Untitled; 2 works)

Sale Date: April 13, 2008

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Untitled, 1984–1994

Richard Hambleton

Untitled, 1984–1994

Sale Date: April 13, 2008

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Untitled - Shadow man

Richard Hambleton

Untitled - Shadow man

Sale Date: April 13, 2008

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Untitled

Richard Hambleton

Sale Date: April 13, 2008

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Untitled (+ Untitled; 2 works), 1999

Richard Hambleton

Untitled (+ Untitled; 2 works), 1999

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Untitled - Shadow man (+ Untitled - Shadow..., 2002

Richard Hambleton

Untitled - Shadow man (+ Untitled - Shadow..., 2002

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Untitled - Shadow man

Richard Hambleton

Untitled - Shadow man

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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