Lorna Simpson
Heat Index
66
Total Sales
119
Avg Price
$27,425
Sell-Through
100%
Est. Beat Rate
8%
Signals
0
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Price History
Auction Results
| Date | House | Title | Medium | Estimate | Hammer Price | vs Est. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2026-01-23 | Sotheby's | Wigs (portfolio) | lithograph on felt | $19,050–$25,400 | $18,859 | -26% |
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2025-11-19 | Sotheby's | Hands | ink and screenprint on cl | $60,000–$90,000 | $88,900 | -1% |
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2025-10-22 | Phillips | Counting | Monumental photogravure a | $3,750–$5,250 | $4,515 | -14% |
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2025-10-17 | Sotheby's | Ice 2 | ink and acrylic on gessoe | $152,400–$228,600 | $204,888 | -10% |
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2024-10-11 | Phillips | Constellation | ink and screenprint on ge | $254,000–$381,000 | $132,781 | -65% |
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2024-10-09 | Phillips | 2 Tracks | Gelatin silver print trip | $30,000–$45,000 | $38,100 | -15% |
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2024-09-11 | Phillips | Van Der Zee Prop Vase, from 1993 Whitney | Photolithograph, on Rives | $600–$900 | $381 | -58% |
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2024-06-27 | Phillips | Backdrops Circa 1940s | Screenprint diptych in co | $3,000–$4,500 | $4,445 | -1% |
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2024-05-21 | Christie's | Test | two gelatin silver prints | $15,000–$22,500 | $27,720 | +23% |
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2023-11-09 | Sotheby's | The Park | serigraph on 6 felt panel | $45,000–$60,000 | $76,200 | +27% |
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2023-10-27 | Phillips | C-Ration | Gelatin silver prints, on | $3,750–$5,250 | $9,525 | +81% |
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2023-07-03 | Bonhams | Notations | Pigment print | $1,125–$1,875 | $1,408 | -25% |
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2023-06-08 | Swann | III (Peter Norton Christmas Project) | Cedar box containing felt | $750–$1,125 | $625 | -44% |
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2023-03-29 | Sotheby's | Square Deal | 8 dye diffusion Polaroid | $22,500–$37,500 | $35,560 | -5% |
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2023-01-19 | Bonhams | Untitled | Electrostatic heat transf | $750–$1,125 | $1,275 | +13% |
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2022-10-21 | Bonhams | Black Wave | ink and collage on paper | $7,500–$11,250 | $7,650 | -32% |
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2022-10-13 | Phillips | Corridor (Night III) | digital chromogenic print | $19,050–$25,400 | $27,055 | +7% |
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2022-09-26 | Sotheby's | Untitled (melancholy dame/carmen jones) | a diptych of 2 gelatin si | $9,000–$13,500 | $12,600 | -7% |
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2022-09-26 | Sotheby's | Selected Images (from May June July Augu | 9 gelatin silver prints | $18,750–$26,250 | $25,200 | -4% |
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2022-09-14 | Sotheby's | Jet Spared | collage and watercolour o | $16,350–$21,800 | $21,373 | -2% |
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2022-04-27 | Bonhams | Call Waiting No. 10 | silver gelatin print moun | $4,500–$6,000 | $2,805 | -53% |
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2022-04-21 | Phillips | Untitled | Electrostatic heat color | $225–$375 | $1,260 | +236% |
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2021-12-09 | Sotheby's | i. Actress 2D ii. Barbara 1M iii. Actres | graphite, ink and waterco | $11,250–$15,000 | $20,160 | +34% |
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2021-11-18 | Phillips | Three Part Soul | ink and screenprint on cl | $60,000–$90,000 | $75,600 | -16% |
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2021-10-16 | Christie's | Ebony 8 | collage and ink on paper | $19,050–$25,400 | $25,772 | +1% |
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2021-10-14 | Phillips | Ultra Blue | collage and ink on paper | $7,620–$10,160 | $44,777 | +341% |
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2021-09-30 | Sotheby's | Vantage Point | gelatin silver prints wit | $22,500–$37,500 | $44,100 | +18% |
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2021-07-14 | Sotheby's | 2 Tracks | three silver gelatin prin | $15,000–$22,500 | $69,300 | +208% |
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2021-07-14 | Sotheby's | Triple Burned | paper collage and ink on | $9,000–$13,500 | $15,120 | +12% |
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2021-03-05 | Sotheby's | Ultra Terrestrial | paper collage on paper, i | $9,000–$13,500 | $27,720 | +105% |
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2021-02-08 | Sotheby's | III (Three Wishbones in a Wood Box) | wooden box containing thr | $545–$763 | $1,366 | +79% |
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2020-10-21 | Phillips | Portrait | silver gelatin print, in | $50,800–$76,200 | $57,900 | -24% |
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2020-10-21 | Phillips | Practical Joke | 2 dye diffusion colour Po | $19,050–$31,750 | $36,394 | +15% |
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2020-07-24 | Phillips | Double Portrait | The complete set of two s | $3,750–$5,250 | $32,500 | +519% |
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2020-07-09 | Sotheby's | C-RATION | gelatin silver print | $2,250–$3,750 | $30,000 | +700% |
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2020-07-02 | Phillips | Gold Head W | ink and embossing powder | $15,000–$22,500 | $20,000 | -11% |
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2020-07-02 | Phillips | Gold Head Q | ink and embossing powder | $11,250–$15,000 | $15,000 | 0% |
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2020-05-04 | Sotheby's | THE CAR | serigraph on felt | $30,000–$45,000 | $50,000 | +11% |
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2019-10-05 | Christie's | May June July August '57/'09 | gelatin silver print, in | $19,050–$25,400 | $64,732 | +155% |
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2019-10-05 | Christie's | Untitled (Two Necklines) | two gelatin silver prints | $38,100–$63,500 | $95,558 | +50% |
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2019-09-27 | Christie's | Riunite & Ice #15 | printed paper collage on | $11,250–$15,000 | $30,000 | +100% |
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2019-09-11 | Christie's | Head G | ink and graphite on paper | $3,810–$6,350 | $3,738 | -41% |
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2019-06-28 | Phillips | Twosomes | 24 bronze plaques and 19 | $25,400–$38,100 | $63,475 | +67% |
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2019-05-17 | Sotheby's | SPEECHLESS | works on paper | $9,000–$13,500 | $43,750 | +224% |
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2019-05-15 | Phillips | Corridor (Night) | digital chromogenic print | $7,500–$11,250 | $47,500 | +322% |
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2019-04-23 | Phillips | Untitled, from Portraits | Gelatin silver print. | $600–$900 | $4,000 | +344% |
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2019-04-05 | Sotheby's | EATING DISORDER, 1989 | photographs | $3,750–$5,250 | $6,250 | +19% |
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2019-03-01 | Sotheby's | WIGS (PORTFOLIO) | prints | $22,500–$30,000 | $52,500 | +75% |
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2019-03-01 | Sotheby's | BLACK GEM | works on paper | $18,750–$26,250 | $32,500 | +24% |
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2019-02-28 | Christie's | The Bed | serigraph on four felt pa | $30,000–$45,000 | $43,750 | -3% |
| 2018-12-05 | Sotheby's | HERE AND NOW | ink and screenprint on ge | $90,000–$135,000 | $150,000 | +11% | |
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2018-10-16 | Christie's | Head G | graphite and ink on paper | $3,000–$4,500 | $3,500 | -22% |
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2018-10-16 | Christie's | Corridor (Bulb) | chromogenic print face-mo | $3,000–$4,500 | $3,000 | -33% |
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2018-10-16 | Christie's | Untitled | electrostatic heat transf | $150–$225 | $1,000 | +344% |
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2018-10-04 | Swann | Counting | Photogravure with screenp | $3,000–$4,500 | $16,250 | +261% |
| 2018-09-25 | Sotheby's | TENSE | three black and white gel | $15,000–$22,500 | $75,000 | +233% | |
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2018-09-21 | Phillips | Three Part Soul | ink and screenprint on cl | $75,000–$112,500 | $110,000 | -2% |
| 2018-05-17 | Sotheby's | DAY FOR NIGHT | ink and acrylic on gessoe | $187,500–$262,500 | $375,000 | +43% | |
| 2018-03-09 | Phillips | Ultra Blue | collage and ink on paper | $7,620–$10,160 | $20,776 | +104% | |
| 2018-03-02 | Sotheby's | CLOUD | serigraph on felt flush-m | $52,500–$75,000 | $87,500 | +17% | |
| 2017-10-23 | Heritage Auctions | Counting , 1991 | Photogravure and screenpr | $1,500–$3,000 | $5,750 | +92% | |
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2017-10-05 | Swann | C-Ration | Silver print (diptych) | $2,250–$3,750 | $8,750 | +133% |
| 2017-04-04 | Phillips | Lower Region | Polaroid print triptych. | $6,000–$9,000 | $21,250 | +136% | |
| 2016-12-08 | Phillips | Interior/Exterior, Full/Empty No. 17 | silver gelatin print moun | $2,540–$3,810 | $3,460 | -9% | |
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2016-11-25 | Millon & Associes | Square Deal | color polaroid and engrav | $16,350–$21,800 | $27,545 | +26% |
| 2016-04-04 | Phillips | Lower Region | Polaroid print triptych. | $6,000–$9,000 | $10,000 | +11% | |
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2015-12-15 | Pierre Berge & Associes | III | wood box, felt and object | $545–$763 | $703 | -8% |
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2015-10-01 | Christie's | C-ration | two neutral toned gelatin | $2,250–$2,250 | $1,625 | -28% |
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2015-05-21 | Leslie Hindman Auctioneers | Practical Joke (In Two Parts) | color polaroid prints | $2,250–$3,750 | $3,750 | 0% |
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2014-11-14 | Phillips | Two works: (i) Condensation; (ii) Compos | $11,250–$15,000 | $20,000 | +33% | |
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2014-11-14 | Christie's | Double Negative | 4 polaroids and 3 panels | — | $7,827 | — |
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2014-10-29 | Christie's | Call Waiting (No. 8) | silver print | — | $3,475 | — |
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2014-10-29 | Christie's | Shoe Lover | color polaroid and two pl | — | $9,478 | — |
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2014-04-17 | Tajan | Notations | digital pigment print | $1,635–$2,180 | $2,291 | +5% |
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2014-03-06 | Christie's | Going Grey | collage and ink on paper | $11,250–$15,000 | $12,500 | -17% |
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2014-02-27 | Wright | Counting | photogravure, screenprint | $1,500–$2,250 | $6,250 | +178% |
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2013-11-19 | Tajan | Lower Region | polacolor polaroid prints | $4,360–$6,540 | $47,820 | +631% |
| 2013-10-28 | Phillips | 9 Props | The complete set of nine | $3,750–$5,250 | $7,500 | +43% | |
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2013-10-28 | Phillips | Backdrops | prints | $2,250–$3,750 | $3,750 | 0% |
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2013-04-30 | Bonhams | Counting | photogravure with screenp | $3,750–$5,250 | $2,500 | -52% |
| 2012-12-13 | Sotheby's | DETAILS' | $4,500–$6,750 | $5,313 | -21% | ||
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2012-10-31 | Phillips de Pury & Company | Counting | photogravure and screenpr | $3,000–$4,500 | $2,375 | -47% |
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2012-04-04 | Phillips de Pury & Company | Untitled | seven polaroid prints and | $15,000–$22,500 | $25,000 | +11% |
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2012-03-07 | Christie's | 2 Bodies of Water | three elements--photo emu | $11,250–$15,000 | $22,500 | +50% |
| 2011-06-08 | Phillips | Untitled | The complete set of four | $1,875–$2,625 | $3,000 | +14% | |
| 2011-06-08 | Phillips | Details set | The complete set of twent | $6,000–$9,000 | $5,250 | -42% | |
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2011-03-10 | Christie's | Nervous Conditions | two color Polaroid prints | $4,500–$6,000 | $10,625 | +77% |
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2011-03-06 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | III | sculpted wishbones encase | $750–$1,125 | $1,500 | +33% |
| 2010-09-25 | Sotheby's | ID | black and white silver pr | $5,250–$6,750 | $16,250 | +141% | |
| 2010-06-22 | Sotheby's | 5 CANDLES' | a sequence of 5 unique la | $3,750–$5,250 | $6,875 | +31% | |
| 2010-06-22 | Sotheby's | SHOE LOVER (TRIPTYCH) | a sequence of 3 unique la | $11,250–$18,750 | $9,375 | -50% | |
| 2010-06-22 | Sotheby's | HE HE, SHE SHE, HE SHE, HE SHE, SHE HE | a sequence of 5 unique la | $15,000–$22,500 | $21,250 | -6% | |
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2010-06-21 | Sotheby's | 5 Candles | photographs | $3,750–$5,250 | $6,875 | +31% |
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2010-05-15 | Phillips de Pury & Company | Counting | photogravure and screenpr | $1,500–$2,250 | $2,500 | +11% |
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2010-04-16 | Phillips de Pury & Company | Shoe Lover 3 | polaroid triptych with tw | $16,500–$21,000 | $25,000 | +19% |
| 2009-11-15 | Phillips | 15 Mouths | The complete set of fifte | $1,500–$2,250 | $5,625 | +150% | |
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2009-11-13 | Phillips de Pury & Company | Coiffure | three gelatin silver prin | $11,250–$15,000 | $21,250 | +42% |
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2008-09-09 | Christie's | Untitled (cabin in the sky) | archival gelatin silver p | $13,500–$18,000 | $27,500 | +53% |
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2008-06-30 | Christie's | Corridor (Split) | Cibachrome print mounted | $6,000–$9,000 | $20,000 | +122% |
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2008-05-16 | Phillips de Pury & Company | The Car | serigraph on felt (in 12 | $30,000–$45,000 | $39,400 | -12% |
| 2007-12-12 | Leslie Hindman Auctioneers | Wishbones III (Norton Family Gift) | rubber, bronze and plaste | $525–$675 | $600 | -11% | |
| 2005-05-12 | Phillips de Pury & Company | Flipside | photographs | $6,000–$9,000 | $11,000 | +22% | |
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2005-05-11 | Sotheby's | Practical joke | photographs | $3,000–$4,500 | $7,000 | +56% |
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2004-10-21 | Sotheby's | Untitled | photographs | $3,175–$3,810 | $4,570 | +20% |
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2004-05-13 | Sotheby's | Myths | photographs | $7,500–$11,250 | $13,000 | +16% |
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2003-11-12 | Christie's | Bed | acrylic on felt | $3,000–$4,500 | $4,800 | +7% |
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2002-09-26 | Christie's | Haze | works on paper | $5,250–$6,750 | $5,500 | -19% |
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2001-05-18 | Christie's | 1978-88 | photographs | $6,000–$9,000 | $9,000 | 0% |
| 2001-05-15 | Phillips | Untitled - tondos and words | photographs | $4,500–$6,000 | $8,000 | +33% | |
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2000-11-17 | Christie's | Car | prints | $750–$11,250 | $8,000 | -29% |
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1999-11-18 | Sotheby's | Haze | prints | $6,000–$9,000 | $8,500 | -6% |
| 1999-02-17 | Sotheby's | The bed | prints | $6,000–$9,000 | $9,000 | 0% | |
| 1997-05-06 | Christie's | Untitled | photographs | $3,000–$4,500 | $3,500 | -22% | |
| 1996-11-21 | Christie's | Time piece | photographs | — | $10,000 | — | |
| 1996-10-03 | Christie's | Square Deal | photographs | — | $8,000 | — | |
| 1996-05-08 | Christie's | Landscape, body parts II | photographs | — | $4,500 | — | |
| 1996-04-23 | Christie's | Two Tracks | photographs | — | $7,500 | — | |
| 1996-02-23 | Sotheby's | C-Ration | photographs | — | $1,800 | — | |
| 1993-11-11 | Sotheby's | Water bearer | paintings | — | $17,000 | — |