Kerry James Marshall

(American, born 1955)

Kerry James Marshall is a contemporary painter whose work explores the complex effects of the Civil Rights movement on the everyday life on African Americans. Through narrative scenes that draw both from history and the artist’s own life, Marshall delves into obscure moments and objects important to contemporary and past black culture. His work is likewise concerned with the tradition of Western painting, and the notion of mastery, authorship, and the erasure of black bodies throughout art history. Like Kara Walker, Marshall often exaggerates the color of the people in his work making them as black as the pigment will allow, drawing more attention to the surrounding color and content of his paintings. Born on October 17, 1955 in Birmingham, AL, he grew up in the Watts neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles, going on to study at the Otis College of Art and Design. “You can’t be born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1955 and grow up in South Central near the Black Panthers headquarters, and not feel like you’ve got some kind of social responsibility,” the artist has said of his upbringing. Marshall has shown with David Zwirner Gallery in New York, and his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis among others. In 2016, his work was the subject of a major retrospective titled “Mastry” that would travel to the MCA Chicago, MOCA, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art to widespread critical acclaim. In 2018, Marshall's Past Times (1997) sold for $21.1 million at auction, at the time marking the highest price ever paid at auction for a work by a living African American artist. Marshall lives and works in Chicago, IL.

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Kerry James Marshall Artworks

Kerry James Marshall (176 results)

Vignette #6, 2005

Kerry James Marshall

Vignette #6, 2005

Sotheby's New York

Est. 7,000,000–10,000,000 USD

Keeping the Culture, 2011

Kerry James Marshall

Keeping the Culture, 2011

Alpha 137 Gallery

Price on Request

Kerry James Marshall

Set of Six (Six) Scout Series Embroidered..., 2017

Alpha 137 Gallery

Price on Request

6-Color lithograph with gold powder on soft..., 1997

Kerry James Marshall

6-Color lithograph with gold powder on soft..., 1997

Alpha 137 Gallery

Price on Request

Untitled (Woman), 2010

Kerry James Marshall

Untitled (Woman), 2010

Greg Kucera Gallery

Price on Request

The Club, 2011–2012

Kerry James Marshall

The Club, 2011–2012

Jack Shainman Gallery

Sold

Dailies: Everything will be alright, 2017

Kerry James Marshall

Dailies: Everything will be alright, 2017

Price on Request

Dailies: Everything will be alright, 2017

Kerry James Marshall

Dailies: Everything will be alright, 2017

Price on Request

Dailies: Everything will be alright, 2017

Kerry James Marshall

Dailies: Everything will be alright, 2017

Price on Request

Keeping the Culture, 2011

Kerry James Marshall

Keeping the Culture, 2011

Bill Hodges Gallery

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Mastry, 2016

Kerry James Marshall

Price on Request

Watts 1963, 1995

Kerry James Marshall

Watts 1963, 1995

Jack Shainman Gallery

Sold

Souvenir I, 1997

Kerry James Marshall

Souvenir I, 1997

Jack Shainman Gallery

Sold

Untitled (Frankenstein), 2010

Kerry James Marshall

Untitled (Frankenstein), 2010

Price on Request

Untitled (Woman), 2017

Kerry James Marshall

Untitled (Woman), 2017

Price on Request

Untitled (Handsome Young Man), 2010

Kerry James Marshall

Untitled (Handsome Young Man), 2010

Price on Request

Three issues of Rythm Mastr., 1999–2000

Kerry James Marshall

Three issues of Rythm Mastr., 1999–2000

Sale Date: April 4, 2024

Auction Closed

Souvenir I, 2017

Kerry James Marshall

Souvenir I, 2017

Sale Date: January 18, 2024

Auction Closed

Curtained Window, 2005

Kerry James Marshall

Curtained Window, 2005

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

Auction Closed

Plunge, 1992

Kerry James Marshall

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

Auction Closed

Dinner Plates (from Editions for the..., 1998

Kerry James Marshall

Dinner Plates (from Editions for the..., 1998

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

Auction Closed

South Central Los Angeles Folklife Festival, 1981

Kerry James Marshall

South Central Los Angeles Folklife Festival, 1981

Sale Date: October 19, 2023

Auction Closed

Vignette (Wishing Well), 2010

Kerry James Marshall

Vignette (Wishing Well), 2010

Sale Date: October 19, 2023

Auction Closed

Untitled (Handsome Young Man), 2010

Kerry James Marshall

Untitled (Handsome Young Man), 2010

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

Auction Closed

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