Dawoud Bey Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Dawoud Bey Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 10, 2025
Dawoud Bey, Untitled
Est: $800 - $1,200
Dawoud Bey Untitled 1993 unique Polaroid Polacolor Pro 100 print in four parts sheet (each): 5.125 h x 4.125 w in (13 x 10 cm) overall: 10.25 h x 8.25 w in (26 x 21 cm) Signed, titled and dated to verso 'Untitled Dawoud Bey 1993'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, The Polaroid Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 10, 2025
Dawoud Bey, Two boys on Carrollsburg Place
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Dawoud Bey Two boys on Carrollsburg Place 1989 / printed 1990 gelatin silver print from Polaroid Positive/Negative 4x5 film image: 21.5 h x 17.125 w in (55 x 43 cm) sheet: 23.875 h x 20 w in (61 x 51 cm) Signed, dated and numbered to verso '1/25 Dawoud Bey 1990'. This work is number 1 from the edition of 25. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, The Polaroid Collection Exhibited: Selections 6: Works from the Polaroid Collection, September 1992, Photokina, Cologne (traveling exhibition) This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 10, 2025
Dawoud Bey, Itan
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Dawoud Bey Itan 1993 unique Polaroid Polacolor Pro 100 print in four parts sheet of each: 5.125 h x 4.125 w in (13 x 10 cm) overall: 10.25 h x 8.375 w in (26 x 21 cm) Signed, titled and dated to verso 'Itan Dawoud Bey 1993'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, The Polaroid Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 10, 2025
Dawoud Bey, Parris, Walida, and Mike: Phillips Academy students, Boston, MA (triptych)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Dawoud Bey Parris, Walida, and Mike: Phillips Academy students, Boston, MA (triptych) 1992 unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor prints image (each): 24 h x 20 w in (61 x 51 cm) sheet (each): 30 h x 22 w in (76 x 56 cm) Titled and dated to lower edge of left work 'Parris, Walida, and Mike- Phillips Academy Students Oct 10, 1992 Boston, MA I.'. Notated to lower edge of center work 'II." Signed, dated and notated to lower right of right work 'III. Dawoud Bey 1992'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, The Polaroid Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 10, 2025
Dawoud Bey, Toyia, Kelvin, and Erica
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Dawoud Bey Toyia, Kelvin, and Erica 1994 unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor print in eight parts image (each): 24 h x 20 w in (61 x 51 cm) sheet (each): 26.375 h x 22 w in (67 x 56 cm) Initialed and notated I-VIII to verso of each work 'DB'. Titled to verso of one work 'Toyia, Kelvin, and Erica'. Signed and dated to verso of one work 'DB Dawoud Bey 1994'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, The Polaroid Collection Exhibited: Dawoud Bey: Portraits 1975-1995, 17 September - 10 December 1995 (traveling exhibition) This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 10, 2025
Dawoud Bey, Untitled (triptych)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Dawoud Bey Untitled (triptych) 1992 unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor prints image (each): 24 h x 20 w in (61 x 51 cm) sheet (each): 30 h x 22 w in (76 x 56 cm) Signed and dated to lower right of one work 'Dawoud Bey 1992'. Notated to lower edge of each work 'I-III'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, The Polaroid Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Apr. 17, 2025
DAWOUD BEY (B. 1953). Sean II, 1996. signed in ink on affixed gallery label
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
DAWOUD BEY (B. 1953). Sean II, 1996. signed in ink on affixed gallery label (frame backing board, top right image); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery labels (frame backing boards)each frame: 29 ¾ x 22 ¾ in. (75.6 x 57.8 cm.).
Christie's
Apr. 03, 2025
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) A Girl in Deli Doorway, Brooklyn, NY.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) A Girl in Deli Doorway, Brooklyn, NY. Silver print, 1989; printed, 2000. 319x248 mm; 12½x9¾ inches (image); 354x276 mm; 14x10⅞ inches (sheet). Signed and dated in pencil, verso. From the series Street Portraits.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 18, 2024
DAWOUD BEY (b. 1953). Martina and Her Grandmother, Chicago. Polaroid prints
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
DAWOUD BEY (b. 1953). Martina and Her Grandmother, Chicago. Polaroid prints, in six parts each: 29 ½ x 22 in. (74.9 x 55.8 cm.).
Christie's
Nov. 26, 2024
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) A Girl in Deli Doorway, Brooklyn, NY.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) A Girl in Deli Doorway, Brooklyn, NY. Silver print, 1989 (printed 2000). 319x248 mm; 12½x9¾ inches (image); 354x276 mm; 14x10⅞ inches (sheet). Signed and dated in pencil, verso. From Street Portraits.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 04, 2024
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) Two Men at Cambridge Place and Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) Two Men at Cambridge Place and Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York. Silver print, 1988. 610x508 mm; 24x20 inches (sheet). Signed, dated "1988/2023" and numbered 2/10 in pencil, verso. Printed and published in 2023. Provenance: collection of the artist; Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago. Illustrated: Dawoud Bey. Street Portraits, 2021; Transitions, Issues 77-79, 1999, p. 12. Consigned to support the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 04, 2024
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) A Girl in Hyde Park, Chicago.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) A Girl in Hyde Park, Chicago. Chromogenic print, 2001. 508x406 mm; 20x16 inches. Signed, dated "2001/2003" and numbered 13/25 in ink, verso. Printed and published by amfAR, New York in 2003.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 19, 2023
Dawoud Bey (born 1953) Mandy, 1998
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Dawoud Bey (born 1953) Mandy, 1998 Unique chromogenic Polaroid ER triptych, printed 1998, each panel with credit and consecutively numbered in ink on a label affixed to the frame backing. sheet: each 29 1/2 x 22in. (75 x 55.9cm.) Provenance: Christie's New York, February 20, 2008, lot 163 People say don't stare. Through the photos, not only do I stare, but I allow viewers to stare at the subject, to see things that they cannot see with a casual glance. DAWOUD BEY
Hindman
Apr. 06, 2023
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) Woman and Child in a Doorway.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) Woman and Child in a Doorway. Carbon pigment print on rag paper, 1975. 241x171 mm; 9 1/2x6 3/8 inches (image); 508x406 mm; 20x16 inches (sheet). From the edition of 15, printed in 2005. Signed and dated in pencil, verso. Published by Black Point Editions, Chicago. From the portfolio Harlem, U.S.A. Another print of this photograph is in the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 19, 2023
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs
Est: $600 - $800
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs Undated and unsigned suite of (4) photographs depicting a man, unmounted and unframed Property from: a Private Collector, Schaumburg, Illinois Category: Fine Art > Photographs Estimated Sale Time: 12:13 pm CST Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Sales Tax: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin Download High Resolution Photographs: Photograph #1 Photograph #2 Photograph #3 Photograph #4 Photograph #5 Last modified: March 2, 2023, 1:36 pm
Leonard Auction
Mar. 19, 2023
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs
Est: $600 - $800
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs Undated and unsigned suite of (4) photographs depicting a woman, unmounted and unframed Property from: a Private Collector, Schaumburg, Illinois Category: Fine Art > Photographs Estimated Sale Time: 12:12 pm CST Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Sales Tax: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin Download High Resolution Photographs: Photograph #1 Photograph #2 Photograph #3 Photograph #4 Photograph #5 Last modified: March 2, 2023, 1:34 pm
Leonard Auction
Mar. 19, 2023
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs
Est: $800 - $1,000
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs Undated, unsigned suite of (6) photographs depicting (2) women, unmounted and unframed Property from: a Private Collector, Schaumburg, Illinois Category: Fine Art > Photographs Estimated Sale Time: 12:11 pm CST Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Sales Tax: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin Download High Resolution Photographs: Photograph #1 Photograph #2 Photograph #3 Photograph #4 Photograph #5 Photograph #6 Photograph #7 Photograph #8 Last modified: March 2, 2023, 1:35 pm
Leonard Auction
Mar. 19, 2023
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs
Est: $800 - $1,000
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs Undated and unsigned suite of (6) photographs depicting a woman, unmounted and unframed Property from: a Private Collector, Schaumburg, Illinois Category: Fine Art > Photographs Estimated Sale Time: 12:10 pm CST Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Sales Tax: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin Download High Resolution Photographs: Photograph #1 Photograph #2 Photograph #3 Photograph #4 Photograph #5 Photograph #6 Photograph #7 Last modified: March 2, 2023, 1:36 pm
Leonard Auction
Mar. 19, 2023
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs
Est: $800 - $1,000
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs Undated, unsigned suite of (6) photographs depicting a mother and child, unmounted and unframed Property from: a Private Collector, Schaumburg, Illinois Category: Fine Art > Photographs Estimated Sale Time: 12:09 pm CST Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Sales Tax: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin Download High Resolution Photographs: Photograph #1 Photograph #2 Photograph #3 Photograph #4 Photograph #5 Photograph #6 Photograph #7 Last modified: March 2, 2023, 1:33 pm
Leonard Auction
Mar. 19, 2023
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs Undated, signed verso on Gorney Bravin + Lee label, suite of (4) photographs mounted on boards, unframed Property from: a Private Collector, Schaumburg, Illinois Category: Fine Art > Photographs Estimated Sale Time: 12:08 pm CST Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Sales Tax: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin Download High Resolution Photographs: Photograph #1 Photograph #2 Photograph #3 Photograph #4 Photograph #5 Photograph #6 Photograph #7 Photograph #8 Photograph #9 Photograph #10 Last modified: March 8, 2023, 9:00 am
Leonard Auction
May. 11, 2022
Dawoud Bey (American, b. 1953) Mark and Petra, 2000
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Dawoud Bey (American, b. 1953) Mark and Petra, 2000 four unique Polaroid prints signed Dawoud Bey (verso) each 24 x 21 inches. Provenance: Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Hindman
Apr. 05, 2022
DAWOUD BEY (B. 1953) Ginew, 1999 signed in ink on affixed gallery label (fr
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
DAWOUD BEY (B. 1953) Ginew, 1999 signed in ink on affixed gallery label (frame backing board, right image); titled and dated on affixed gallery labels (frame backing board, left and center image) each image approximately 26 1/2 x 21 5/8 in. (67.3 x 54.9 cm.) each sheet: 29 x 22 in. (73.6 x 55.8 cm.) each mount: 29 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (74.9 x 57.1 cm.) (3)
Christie's
Mar. 13, 2022
DAWOUD BEY - Untitled - Portrait in Four Panels
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
DAWOUD BEY (American, 1955-) - Untitled - Portrait in Four Panels. Set of four Polaroid prints on irregularly cut paper, possibly internal dye diffusion transfer prints. 52 x 44 inches (arrangment of 4 images), 58 x 47 inches (papers). Each panel has a central image which is 24 x 20 inches, plus the polaroid chemical areas. Unsigned. In the early 90, working with a large Polaroid camera, Dawoud Bey often signed on a label accompanying the work, but this piece has no accompanying label. This background and chair can be found in other Dawoud Bey portraits in this style and format. For instance, the work Kenosha II, from 1996, in collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, has this chair, this background, a similar pose and arrangement, identical lighting and matching chemical markings surrounding the main images.
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting
Dec. 04, 2021
Dawoud Bey, b. 1953, A Woman With Hanging Overalls
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dawoud Bey b. 1953 A Woman With Hanging Overalls 1978 Carbon pigment prints on acid free Hanhemühle Rag paper 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso Photographs from the Harlem USA portfolio, 2005 Carbon pigment prints on acid free Hanhemühle Rag paper printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographer's original negatives and vintage prints. Bey grew up in Queens, NY and went to the Benjamin Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s, before earning his BFA in photography at Empire State College, and an MFA from Yale University in 1993. Bey's earliest images, in the style of street photography, documented the day-to-day life of the people living in Harlem (Harlem USA , 1975-1979). He exhibited them at the Studio Museum in Harlem at the completion of the project (in 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photos and added several that had not been included in the first showing). Bey's style of documentary photography develops a close relationship with the subject—frequently young people, because Bey believes the look and behavior of the young people of a particular neighborhood reveals much about the overall vibe of a place. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts , and is currently a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago (since 1998).
Black Art Auction
Dec. 04, 2021
Dawoud Bey, b. 1953, Two Women at a Parade, 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dawoud Bey b. 1953 Two Women at a Parade 1978 Carbon pigment print on acid free Hanhemühle Rag paper 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso Photographs from the Harlem USA portfolio, 2005 Carbon pigment prints on acid free Hanhemühle Rag paper printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographer's original negatives and vintage prints. Bey grew up in Queens, NY and went to the Benjamin Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s, before earning his BFA in photography at Empire State College, and an MFA from Yale University in 1993. Bey's earliest images, in the style of street photography, documented the day-to-day life of the people living in Harlem (Harlem USA , 1975-1979). He exhibited them at the Studio Museum in Harlem at the completion of the project (in 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photos and added several that had not been included in the first showing). Bey's style of documentary photography develops a close relationship with the subject—frequently young people, because Bey believes the look and behavior of the young people of a particular neighborhood reveals much about the overall vibe of a place. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts , and is currently a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago (since 1998).
Black Art Auction
Oct. 21, 2021
DAWOUD BEY (1968- ) Markie, Brooklyn, NY, from the series Street Portrait.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DAWOUD BEY (1968- ) Markie, Brooklyn, NY, from the series Street Portrait. Silver print from Polaroid Type P/N film, the image measuring 22x17 inches (58.9x43.2 cm.), the sheet 24x20 inches (61x50.8 cm.), with Bey's signature, date, and edition notation 2/25, in pencil, on verso. 1988
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 29, 2021
Dawoud Bey (American, b. 1953) A Boy in Front of the Lowe's 125th Street Movie Theatre, 1976 (printed 2012)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Dawoud Bey (American, b. 1953) A Boy in Front of the Lowe's 125th Street Movie Theatre, 1976 (printed 2012) gelatin silver print; printed later signed, dated, and inscribed A/P in pencil verso 12 x 8 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Hindman
Apr. 22, 2021
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) A Girl in Hyde Park, Chicago.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) A Girl in Hyde Park, Chicago. Chromogenic print, 2001. 508x406 mm; 20x16 inches. Signed, dated "2001/2003" and numbered 8/25 in ink, verso. Printed in 2003. Published by amfAR, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 22, 2021
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) Damian.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) Damian. Set of four unique Polaroids, mounted, circa 1995. 1219x1016 mm; 48x41 inches (total). Each 610x520 mm; 24x20 1/2 inches. Signed in ink on the gallery label on the verso. Provenance: Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, with the gallery label, verso; private collection, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 14, 2020
Dawoud Bey, b. 1953, A Woman Waiting in a Doorway, Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper, 9-1/2 x 6-3/8 inches
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dawoud Bey b. 1953 A Woman Waiting in a Doorway Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper 1976 9-1/2 x 6-3/8 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso Photographs from the Harlem USA portfolio, 2005 Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographerâ€™s original negatives and vintage prints. Bey grew up in Queens, NY and went to the Benjamin Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s, before earning his BFA in photography at Empire State College, and an MFA from Yale University in 1993. Beyâ€™s earliest images, in the style of street photography, documented the day-to-day life of the people living in Harlem (Harlem USA , 1975-1979). He exhibited them at the Studio Museum in Harlem at the completion of the project (in 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photos and added several that had not been included in the first showing). Beyâ€™s style of documentary photography develops a close relationship with the subjectâ€”frequently young people, because Bey believes the look and behavior of the young people of a particular neighborhood reveals much about the overall vibe of a place. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts , and is currently a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago (since 1998). 9-1/2 x 6-3/8 inches
Black Art Auction
Nov. 14, 2020
Dawoud Bey, b. 1953, Two Women at a Parade, Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper, 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dawoud Bey b. 1953 Two Women at a Parade Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper 1978 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso Photographs from the Harlem USA portfolio, 2005 Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographerâ€™s original negatives and vintage prints. Bey grew up in Queens, NY and went to the Benjamin Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s, before earning his BFA in photography at Empire State College, and an MFA from Yale University in 1993. Beyâ€™s earliest images, in the style of street photography, documented the day-to-day life of the people living in Harlem (Harlem USA , 1975-1979). He exhibited them at the Studio Museum in Harlem at the completion of the project (in 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photos and added several that had not been included in the first showing). Beyâ€™s style of documentary photography develops a close relationship with the subjectâ€”frequently young people, because Bey believes the look and behavior of the young people of a particular neighborhood reveals much about the overall vibe of a place. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts , and is currently a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago (since 1998). 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Black Art Auction
Nov. 14, 2020
Dawoud Bey, b. 1953, A Woman With Hanging Overalls, Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper, 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dawoud Bey b. 1953 A Woman With Hanging Overalls Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper 1978 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso Photographs from the Harlem USA portfolio, 2005 Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographerâ€™s original negatives and vintage prints. Bey grew up in Queens, NY and went to the Benjamin Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s, before earning his BFA in photography at Empire State College, and an MFA from Yale University in 1993. Beyâ€™s earliest images, in the style of street photography, documented the day-to-day life of the people living in Harlem (Harlem USA , 1975-1979). He exhibited them at the Studio Museum in Harlem at the completion of the project (in 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photos and added several that had not been included in the first showing). Beyâ€™s style of documentary photography develops a close relationship with the subjectâ€”frequently young people, because Bey believes the look and behavior of the young people of a particular neighborhood reveals much about the overall vibe of a place. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts , and is currently a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago (since 1998). 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Black Art Auction
Nov. 14, 2020
Dawoud Bey, b. 1953, A Woman and Two Boys Passing, Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper, 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dawoud Bey b. 1953 A Woman and Two Boys Passing Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper 1978 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso Photographs from the Harlem USA portfolio, 2005 Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographerâ€™s original negatives and vintage prints. Bey grew up in Queens, NY and went to the Benjamin Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s, before earning his BFA in photography at Empire State College, and an MFA from Yale University in 1993. Beyâ€™s earliest images, in the style of street photography, documented the day-to-day life of the people living in Harlem (Harlem USA , 1975-1979). He exhibited them at the Studio Museum in Harlem at the completion of the project (in 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photos and added several that had not been included in the first showing). Beyâ€™s style of documentary photography develops a close relationship with the subjectâ€”frequently young people, because Bey believes the look and behavior of the young people of a particular neighborhood reveals much about the overall vibe of a place. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts , and is currently a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago (since 1998). 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Black Art Auction
Nov. 14, 2020
Dawoud Bey, b. 1953, Mr. Moore's Bar-B-Que, 125th Street, Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dawoud Bey b. 1953 Mr. Moore's Bar-B-Que, 125th Street Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper 1976 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso Photographs from the Harlem USA portfolio, 2005 Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographerâ€™s original negatives and vintage prints. Bey grew up in Queens, NY and went to the Benjamin Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s, before earning his BFA in photography at Empire State College, and an MFA from Yale University in 1993. Beyâ€™s earliest images, in the style of street photography, documented the day-to-day life of the people living in Harlem (Harlem USA , 1975-1979). He exhibited them at the Studio Museum in Harlem at the completion of the project (in 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photos and added several that had not been included in the first showing). Beyâ€™s style of documentary photography develops a close relationship with the subjectâ€”frequently young people, because Bey believes the look and behavior of the young people of a particular neighborhood reveals much about the overall vibe of a place. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts , and is currently a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago (since 1998).
Black Art Auction
Nov. 14, 2020
Dawoud Bey, b. 1953, At a Tent Revival Meeting, Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper, 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dawoud Bey b. 1953 At a Tent Revival Meeting Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper 1977 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso Photographs from the Harlem USA portfolio, 2005 Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographerâ€™s original negatives and vintage prints. Bey grew up in Queens, NY and went to the Benjamin Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s, before earning his BFA in photography at Empire State College, and an MFA from Yale University in 1993. Beyâ€™s earliest images, in the style of street photography, documented the day-to-day life of the people living in Harlem (Harlem USA , 1975-1979). He exhibited them at the Studio Museum in Harlem at the completion of the project (in 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photos and added several that had not been included in the first showing). Beyâ€™s style of documentary photography develops a close relationship with the subjectâ€”frequently young people, because Bey believes the look and behavior of the young people of a particular neighborhood reveals much about the overall vibe of a place. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts , and is currently a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago (since 1998). 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Black Art Auction
Nov. 14, 2020
Dawoud Bey, b. 1953, A Woman Waiting in the Doorway, Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper, 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dawoud Bey b. 1953 A Woman Waiting in the Doorway Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper 1976 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso Photographs from the Harlem USA portfolio, 2005 Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographerâ€™s original negatives and vintage prints. Bey grew up in Queens, NY and went to the Benjamin Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s, before earning his BFA in photography at Empire State College, and an MFA from Yale University in 1993. Beyâ€™s earliest images, in the style of street photography, documented the day-to-day life of the people living in Harlem (Harlem USA , 1975-1979). He exhibited them at the Studio Museum in Harlem at the completion of the project (in 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photos and added several that had not been included in the first showing). Beyâ€™s style of documentary photography develops a close relationship with the subjectâ€”frequently young people, because Bey believes the look and behavior of the young people of a particular neighborhood reveals much about the overall vibe of a place. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts , and is currently a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago (since 1998). 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Black Art Auction
Nov. 14, 2020
Dawoud Bey, b. 1953, A Man in a Bowler Hat, Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper, 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dawoud Bey b. 1953 A Man in a Bowler Hat Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper 1976 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso Photographs from the Harlem USA portfolio, 2005 Carbon pigment prints on acid free HanhemÃ¼hle Rag paper printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographerâ€™s original negatives and vintage prints. Bey grew up in Queens, NY and went to the Benjamin Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s, before earning his BFA in photography at Empire State College, and an MFA from Yale University in 1993. Beyâ€™s earliest images, in the style of street photography, documented the day-to-day life of the people living in Harlem (Harlem USA , 1975-1979). He exhibited them at the Studio Museum in Harlem at the completion of the project (in 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photos and added several that had not been included in the first showing). Beyâ€™s style of documentary photography develops a close relationship with the subjectâ€”frequently young people, because Bey believes the look and behavior of the young people of a particular neighborhood reveals much about the overall vibe of a place. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts , and is currently a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago (since 1998). 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Black Art Auction
Sep. 20, 2020
(Attributed to) Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs
Est: $300 - $500
(Attributed to) Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs Undated, unsigned, four photograph set depicting a man; unframed Condition: Very Good, some are cut unevenly Length: 33 1/2 inches, Width: 22 inches Category: Fine Art > Photographs Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Approximate Sale Time: 4:26 pm CST Links to High Resolution Images: Image #1 Image #2 Image #3 Image #4 Image #5
Leonard Auction
Sep. 20, 2020
(Attributed to) Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs
Est: $300 - $500
(Attributed to) Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs Undated, unsigned, four photograph set depicting a young woman; unframed Condition: Very Good, some are cut unevenly Length: 34 inches, Width: 22 inches Category: Fine Art > Photographs Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Approximate Sale Time: 4:25 pm CST Links to High Resolution Images: Image #1 Image #2 Image #3 Image #4 Image #5
Leonard Auction
Sep. 20, 2020
(Attributed to) Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) 'Valerie' Portrait Photographs
Est: $300 - $500
(Attributed to) Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) 'Valerie' Portrait Photographs Undated, unsigned, six photograph set depicting a young woman named Valerie; unframed Condition: Very Good, some are cut unevenly Length: 33 1/2 inches, Width: 22 inches Category: Fine Art > Photographs Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Approximate Sale Time: 4:24 pm CST Links to High Resolution Images: Image #1 Image #2 Image #3 Image #4 Image #5 Image #6 Image #7
Leonard Auction
Feb. 25, 2020
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) The artist Sana Musasama.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) The artist Sana Musasama. Silver print, the image measuring 7 inches (17.8 cm.) square, the sheet 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), with Bey's signature and edition notation A/P, in pencil, on recto. 1986-87
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 08, 2019
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) Barack Obama.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) Barack Obama. Archival pigment print, 2007. 756x610 mm; 29 3/4x24 inches. Edition of 50. Signed and dated in pencil, verso. Commissioned by The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago in 2007. This portrait was included in 2014 Whitney Biennial. Born in New York City, Dawoud Bey received his MFA from Yale University in 1993 and is the recent recipient of the MacArthur fellowship or "genius grant" and fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts, Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He began his first series of photographs titled Harlem, USA in 1975 which was later exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1979. Bey is well known for his recent work, Birmingham: Four Girls and Two Boys, a project that features photographic pairing focused on the tragic events surrounding the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. His work has been exhibited extensively, including internationally, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Barbican Centre in London, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the High Museum of Art, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 19, 2019
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs
Est: $250 - $300
Dawoud Bey (American, b.1953) Portrait Photographs (3) undated and unsigned color portraits of a person in a hooded garment Condition: Very Good, light smudges; image with wood furniture having rough cut lower edge and crease at lower left corner Height: 33.00 inches, Width: 22.00 inches (all) Category: Fine Art > Photographs Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Approximate Sale Time: 1:31 pm CST Links to High Resolution Images: Image #1 Image #2 Image #3 Image #4
Leonard Auction
Apr. 18, 2019
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) The artist Sana Musasama.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) The artist Sana Musasama. Silver print, the image measuring 7 inches (17.8 cm.) square, the sheet 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), with Bey's signature and edition notation A/P, in pencil, on recto. 1986-87
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 04, 2018
DAWOUD BEY - Amishi, 1993
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
DAWOUD BEY - Amishi, 1993
Phillips
Oct. 04, 2018
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) Five Children, Syracuse, NY.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
DAWOUD BEY (1953 - ) Five Children, Syracuse, NY. Silver print, 1985. 203x305 mm; 8x12 inches. Edition of 50. Signed and dated in pencil, verso. Provenance: Light Work Gallery, Syracuse, New York; the Dr. Robert H. Derden Collection of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2005). Born in New York City, Dawoud Bey received his MFA from Yale University in 1993 and is the recent recipient of the MacArthur fellowship or "genius grant" and fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts, Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He began his first series of photographs titled Harlem, USA in 1975 which was later exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1979. Bey is well known for his recent work, Birmingham: Four Girls and Two Boys, a project that features photographic pairing focused on the tragic events surrounding the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. His work has been exhibited extensively, including internationally, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Barbican Centre in London, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the High Museum of Art, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 05, 2018
DAWOUD BEY | Obama
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
archival pigment print
Sotheby's
Feb. 25, 2016
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) Suite of 5 photographs from the Street Portrait series.
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
DAWOUD BEY (1953- ) Suite of 5 photographs from the Street Portrait series. Silver prints, each measuring 12 1/4x9 1/2 inches (31.1x24.1 cm.), and the reverse, each with Bey's signature, title, the notation "Bklyn, NY," and date, in pencil, on verso. 1988 (one also dated 1990)
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