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Theaster Gates

American, b. 1973 · mixed media mixed media sculpture contemporary
Wikipedia
Heat Index
42
Total Sales
87
Avg Price
$97,033
Sell-Through
100%
Est. Beat Rate
47%
Signals
1
Color Palette
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Price History

Auction Results

Date House Title Medium Estimate Hammer Price vs Est.
2026-03-10 Phillips 7200.22 fire hose, rubber and woo $4,500–$6,000 $7,740 +29%
2025-11-21 Phillips Complicated gape in need of reflective p wood, tar, roofing felt a $37,500–$52,500 $70,950 +35%
2025-10-22 Christie's Bank Bond marble $3,810–$6,350 $2,546 -60%
2025-10-18 Phillips From time to time these Hot Days get Lon decommissioned fire hose $190,500–$254,000 $381,058 +50%
2025-07-18 Christie's Executive Suite wood, plexiglas and decom $15,000–$22,500 $40,320 +79%
2025-06-25 Sotheby's Race Riot, Ply wood, hose and glass $31,750–$44,450 $38,041 -14%
2025-05-16 Sotheby's Layered Work, Vertical Seams wood and torchdown $75,000–$112,500 $101,600 -10%
2025-02-27 Christie's In the Event of a Race Riot XXVI wood, hose and glass, in $15,000–$22,500 $22,680 +1%
2024-11-20 Phillips cool gray study. no flame wood, roofing substrate a $30,000–$45,000 $63,500 +41%
2024-09-25 Phillips Creamy Rich Sky, Asphalt Horizon Roll wood, rubber, tar and met $75,000–$112,500 $203,200 +81%
2024-09-25 Phillips Ebony Vitrine wood, Plexiglas, magazine $15,000–$22,500 $38,100 +69%
2024-07-20 Bonhams As You Were from 6916 South Dorchester, reclaimed wood $15,000–$22,500 $17,920 -20%
2024-06-27 Phillips Lead in the absence Revolt in the absenc Letterpress print with pe $525–$750 $1,080 +44%
2024-03-01 Bonhams Stand-Ins for a Period of Wreckage 16 white concrete and porcel $11,250–$15,000 $28,160 +88%
2023-10-06 Sotheby's White Sky, overcast wood, rubber and tar $128,000–$256,000 $162,102 -37%
2023-10-05 Phillips Stand-Ins for a Period of Wreckage 7 white concrete, porcelain $7,500–$11,250 $20,320 +81%
2023-07-18 Christie's Birmingham Chalkboard chalk on reclaimed chalkb $30,000–$45,000 $47,880 +6%
2023-05-24 Phillips Tar baby tar on Basswood doll's he $3,175–$4,445 $3,927 -12%
2023-05-19 Sotheby's Landscape Exercise with Black Mountain i wood and hose, in artist' $150,000–$225,000 $228,600 +2%
2023-03-08 Phillips Walking on Afroturf reclaimed wood $15,000–$22,500 $45,720 +103%
2023-03-08 Phillips Convex Concave brick and wood $15,000–$22,500 $35,560 +58%
2022-12-14 Christie's Civil Rights Throw Rug 7200.41 decommissioned fire hose $11,250–$15,000 $6,300 -58%
2022-12-08 Phillips Topological Study with Hose wood, fire hose and cork $190,500–$254,000 $277,471 +9%
2022-11-17 Sotheby's Ground Rules (White Stars) wood flooring on plywood $150,000–$225,000 $352,800 +57%
2022-09-30 Sotheby's In The Event of a Race Riot wood, hose and glass, in $262,500–$337,500 $378,000 +12%
2022-09-07 Sotheby's Strata in Cedar wood, decommissioned fire $101,600–$152,400 $116,025 -24%
2022-06-29 Phillips Whyte Painting (NGGRWR 0019) porcelain, composite gold $12,700–$19,050 $12,990 -32%
2022-05-19 Phillips Ledge 1 black concrete and wood $37,500–$52,500 $37,800 -28%
2022-05-19 Phillips We Ate All the Parts tar, lath, glass and wood $22,500–$30,000 $37,800 +26%
2022-05-13 Christie's Roofing Exercise 3 wood, roofing paper and t $30,000–$45,000 $81,900 +82%
2022-03-09 Phillips Stand-Ins for a Period of Wreckage 18 white concrete and porcel $11,250–$15,000 $15,120 +1%
2022-03-02 Christie's Embedded Hose Clipped concrete and fire hose $19,050–$25,400 $20,164 -21%
2022-01-20 Phillips Bitch I Made this Pot Lithograph and screenprin $1,270–$1,905 $2,227 +17%
2021-11-18 Phillips Whyte Painting (Nggrwr 0002) porcelain, composite gold $7,500–$11,250 $35,280 +214%
2021-11-12 Christie's Resolution 3: Get to Know the Frankfurt $262,500–$337,500 $400,000 +19%
2021-10-08 Sotheby's Embeded Hose Tight cast concrete and fire ho $19,050–$25,400 $54,913 +116%
2021-09-28 Phillips Whyte Painting (KOH0011) porcelain $7,500–$11,250 $15,120 +34%
2021-07-21 Christie's Whyte Painting (KOH0004) porcelain $7,500–$11,250 $21,250 +89%
2021-06-08 Phillips Dirty Red fire hose and wood, in 5 $588,800–$793,600 $763,120 -4%
2020-12-08 Phillips Rubber Reduction Exercise roofing paper, rubber and $75,000–$112,500 $176,400 +57%
2020-10-07 Christie's Howling Black Wolf wood-fired clay $22,500–$37,500 $18,750 -50%
2020-09-25 Sotheby's SHE WEARS LACE ON HER RIGHT SHOULDER wood and torchdown $52,500–$67,500 $151,200 +124%
2020-07-10 Christie's Roof Extraction for Bank Under Water wood, tar, roofing felt a $45,000–$60,000 $68,750 +15%
2020-03-06 Sotheby's ASPHALT PAINTINGS FOR HUGUENOT HOUSE WIT wood, tar roofing, shoe p $15,000–$22,500 $52,500 +133%
2020-03-05 Christie's Whyte Painting (KOH0017) gold leaf on porcelain co $7,500–$11,250 $21,250 +89%
2019-11-14 Sotheby's BANK BOND carved marble $5,080–$7,620 $6,426 -16%
2019-11-13 Phillips Mantle with Hose wood, hose and glass $26,250–$33,750 $47,500 +41%
2019-11-13 Phillips Untitled white concrete and porcel $15,000–$22,500 $33,750 +50%
2019-11-13 Phillips Whyte Painting (KOH0002) porcelain $7,500–$11,250 $12,500 +11%
2019-09-27 Christie's Black on Black Love in the Time of Riots $22,500–$37,500 $125,000 +233%
2019-09-24 Phillips Mantle with Hose II wood, hose and glass $45,000–$60,000 $40,000 -33%
2019-09-24 Phillips Stand-Ins for a Period of Wreckage 2 & 2 white concrete and porcel $11,250–$15,000 $21,250 +42%
2019-05-15 Phillips Stack 6901.11 concrete, pulverized glas $15,000–$22,500 $65,000 +189%
2018-12-05 Sotheby's A FLAG FOR THE LEAST OF THEM $337,500–$375,000 $807,000 +115%
2018-05-17 Sotheby's STARS OVER HARLEM $187,500–$262,500 $459,000 +75%
2018-03-09 Phillips Black Box II wood, laminate, plastic a $25,400–$38,100 $29,433 -23%
2017-07-11 Christie's Untitled concrete, wood and debris $3,000–$4,500 $8,125 +81%
2017-05-19 Sotheby's RACE RIOT wood, metal, glass and de $30,000–$45,000 $106,250 +136%
2016-12-03 Treadway Toomey Galleries Ranch style with Sumi sky acrylic and mixed media o $37,500–$52,500 $42,700 -19%
2016-06-29 Sotheby's Untitled $25,400–$38,100 $43,720 +15%
2016-05-10 Phillips Afrostack $15,000–$22,500 $27,500 +22%
2016-05-03 Christie's Big Problem chalk on chalkboard in wo $15,000–$22,500 $20,000 -11%
2016-03-03 Sotheby's Untitled $15,000–$22,500 $17,500 -22%
2016-02-10 Phillips Four Square $25,400–$38,100 $50,860 +33%
2015-11-12 Sotheby's Untitled $60,000–$90,000 $62,500 -31%
2015-10-17 Christie's Whyte Painting (NGGRWR 0005) porcelain, composite gold $12,700–$19,050 $19,338 +2%
2015-09-29 Sotheby's Untitled $22,500–$30,000 $20,000 -33%
2015-07-22 Christie's Stand-Ins for Period of Wreckage porcelain, cardboard and $18,750–$26,250 $27,500 +5%
2015-07-02 Sotheby's Untitled $38,100–$50,800 $50,730 -0%
2015-06-24 Tajan Tall stack (single) cement and plate $32,700–$43,600 $37,870 -13%
2015-05-12 Christie's Civil Tapestries XIII $52,500–$67,500 $50,000 -26%
2015-03-06 Christie's Whyte Painting (Nggrwr 0014) porcelain, composite gold $18,750–$26,250 $27,500 +5%
2015-02-13 Phillips Leaning $19,050–$25,400 $28,874 +14%
2015-02-11 Christie's For Race Riots and Salon Gatherings wood, glass and hoses, in $317,500–$444,500 $369,328 -17%
2014-11-12 Sotheby's Untitled $18,750–$26,250 $50,000 +90%
2014-11-12 Sotheby's Untitled $18,750–$26,250 $31,250 +19%
2014-11-12 Sotheby's Untitled $52,500–$67,500 $118,750 +76%
2014-10-16 Phillips NGGRWR0012 from the series Whyte Paintin sculpture $15,240–$22,860 $34,164 +49%
2014-03-06 Christie's Night Stand for Soul Sister wood, tar and paper $30,000–$45,000 $50,000 +11%
2014-02-27 Wright Untitled glazed stoneware $3,000–$4,500 $4,063 -10%
2014-02-11 Phillips Civil Tapestries VIIII $63,500–$88,900 $102,818 +16%
2013-11-14 Sotheby's Untitled $60,000–$75,000 $173,000 +131%
2013-11-14 Sotheby's Untitled $30,000–$45,000 $125,000 +178%
2013-10-18 Sotheby's Untitled $38,100–$63,500 $124,358 +96%
2013-10-18 Sotheby's Untitled $27,940–$35,560 $44,471 +25%
2013-09-25 Sotheby's Untitled $30,000–$45,000 $149,000 +231%
2013-05-16 Christie's Work Chair wood, brush and tar $37,500–$52,500 $99,750 +90%

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