Lee Quinones

(Puerto Rican, born 1960)

Lee Quinones is an American-Puerto Rican artist known for the graffiti he made on New York subway cars during the 1970s and 1980s. Quinones addressed political and cultural issues through his graffiti, with quotes such as “Earth is Hell, Heaven is Life” and “Stop the Bomb.” Born George Lee Quinones in 1960 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he was raised in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York. The artist began tagging subway cars in 1974, and by 1976 he was already well known in a community which included Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Many of these paintings are only documented by Instamatic color photos, though during the time some of them survived for several months without being removed. By the mid-1980s, he had begun working on canvas and exhibiting his work in galleries. He has gone on to collaborate on graphics for clothing brands such as Supreme and Adidas. The artist currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Today, Quinones’s works are held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands.

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Lee Quinones Artworks

Lee Quinones (43 results)

Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, 1995

Lee Quinones

Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, 1995

West Chelsea Contemporary

2,300 USD

Study #1 For Lion’s Den, 1982

Lee Quinones

Study #1 For Lion’s Den, 1982

Price on Request

Wild Style Heart, 1982

Lee Quinones

Wild Style Heart, 1982

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Silent Thunder, Work Study, 1980–1981

Lee Quinones

Silent Thunder, Work Study, 1980–1981

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Throw Ups, 1977–1979

Lee Quinones

Throw Ups, 1977–1979

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Voices Carry, 1996–2005

Lee Quinones

Voices Carry, 1996–2005

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Tablet #18, 2005–2018

Lee Quinones

Tablet #18, 2005–2018

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Tablet #19, 2005–2018

Lee Quinones

Tablet #19, 2005–2018

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Tablet #20, 2008–2018

Lee Quinones

Tablet #20, 2008–2018

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Tablet #19, 2005–2018

Lee Quinones

Tablet #19, 2005–2018

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Tablet #26, 2005–2018

Lee Quinones

Tablet #26, 2005–2018

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Lee Font Study #2, 1980

Lee Quinones

Lee Font Study #2, 1980

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Wild Style, 1995. Commissioned by James..., 1995

Lee Quinones

Wild Style, 1995. Commissioned by James..., 1995

Sale Date: July 25, 2023

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Wild Style, 1995. Commissioned by James..., 1995

Lee Quinones

Wild Style, 1995. Commissioned by James..., 1995

Sale Date: July 25, 2023

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Man on the Moon, 1994

Lee Quinones

Man on the Moon, 1994

Sale Date: December 14, 2022

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Untitled (Subway Door), 1996

Lee Quinones

Untitled (Subway Door), 1996

Sale Date: November 18, 2022

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Disconnection notice, Study for Soy Boricua..., 2013

Lee Quinones

Disconnection notice, Study for Soy Boricua..., 2013

Sale Date: October 4, 2021

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The Dance Band, 1976

Lee Quinones

The Dance Band, 1976

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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TAMELESS HORSES, 1988

Lee Quinones

TAMELESS HORSES, 1988

Sale Date: October 1, 2020

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Fuck it you title it, 1996

Lee Quinones

Fuck it you title it, 1996

Sale Date: May 5, 2019

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My heart at 19, 1983

Lee Quinones

My heart at 19, 1983

Sale Date: May 5, 2019

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Still the angry young, 1983

Lee Quinones

Still the angry young, 1983

Sale Date: December 2, 2017

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RACER X, 1991

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RACER X, 1991

Sale Date: October 27, 2015

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Hand Ball Courts (set of 3), 2013

Lee Quinones

Hand Ball Courts (set of 3), 2013

Sale Date: July 30, 2015

Auction Closed

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