Lev Timothy Mills Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Lev Timothy Mills Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 14, 2024
Lev T. Mills, 1938-2021, Gemini II
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Lev T. Mills 1938-2021 Gemini II 1969 etching and aquatint on cream wove paper 12 x 12 inches, full margins signed, titled, and numbered 2/50 Provenance: the collection of the artist's estate
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Dec. 14, 2024
Lev T. Mills, 1938-2021, Gemini I
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Lev T. Mills 1938-2021 Gemini I 1969 etching and aquatint on cream wove paper 12 x 12 inches, full margins signed, titled, and numbered 2/50 Provenance: the collection of the artist's estate
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Oct. 03, 2024
LEV MILLS (1938 - 2021) Le Roi…?
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
LEV MILLS (1938 - 2021) Le Roi…? Color screenprint on paper on wove paper, 1972. 603x479 mm; 23⅔x18⅞ inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 15/50 in pencil, lower margin. Other impressions of this print are in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem. Another impression of this screenprint was in the Brooklyn Museum iteration of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, September 2018 - February 2019, co-curated by Mark Godfrey, Zoe Whitley, and Ashley James. Mills' screenprint portrays Black Arts Movement poet Amiri Baraka, born Everett Leroy Jones.
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Oct. 03, 2024
LEV MILLS (1938 - 2021) Liberation.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
LEV MILLS (1938 - 2021) Liberation. Color screenprint on wove paper, 1972. 590x495 mm; 23¼x19½ inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 6/50 in pencil, lower margin recto. This composition includes an image of actor, model, and musician Marsha Hunt who, like Mills, lived in London in the late 1960s. Hunt was one of the first Black women to appear on the cover of British Vogue in 1969 and became an iconic figure in the world of fashion.
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Sep. 14, 2024
Lev T. Mills, 1938-2021, A Winner
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Lev T. Mills 1938-2021 A Winner 1972 color serigraph 28 x 22 inches signed, dated, titled and numbered 20/50
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May. 18, 2024
Lev T. Mills, 1938-2021, Where Do I Go?
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Lev T. Mills 1938-2021 Where Do I Go? 1969 23-1/2 x 17-1/2 inches (image) 25-1/4 x 19-1/4 inches (sheet) signed, dated, titled, with AP
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May. 18, 2024
Lev T Mills, 1938-2021, 50-50
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Lev T Mills 1938-2021 50-50 1969 17-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 29-1/2 inches (sheet) signed, dated, titled and numbered 2/25
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Dec. 12, 2023
Lev Mills (1940-) 'Dracula Sucks', signed and dated l.r. '71, etching, 16,5
Est: €400 - €600
Lev Mills (1940-) 'Dracula Sucks', signed and dated l.r. '71, etching, 16,5 x 22,2 cm, ed. 5/80 -With original proof of purchase-
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Dec. 02, 2023
Lev T. Mills, 1938-2021, Retrospect-Present
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Lev T. Mills 1938-2021 Retrospect-Present 1969 lithograph 18-1/4 x 14-1/2 inches signed, titled, dated and numbered, 2/10 This is a rare image from a very low edition by the artist. REF: Artist Lev Mills: Catalogue Raisonne and Biographical Sketch (2010), Joyce White Mills, p. 69. Joyce Mills assisted in cataloging this work, and comments: "It was sold to the Herman's in Madison, Wisconsin as a gift to their friends, the Shettles. It was a short run with #4/10 as the highest number signed /dated; then three separate artists proofs." Provenance: private collection, Philadelphia, PA
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Dec. 02, 2023
Lev T. Mills, 1938-2021, Gemini I
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Lev T. Mills 1938-2021 Gemini I 1969 etching and aquatint on cream wove paper 12 x 12 inches signed, titled and numbered, 29/50 Illustrated: Artist Lev Mills: Catalog Raisonne & Biographical Sketch, 2010, p. 79. (Joyce White Mills). I spoke previously with Joyce about this image, and would like to share her comments: "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated in April, 1968. In the year following the tragic event, Lev was preparing works for his MFA exhibit (1969). He was inspired to recognize Dr. King with âOut-Loud Silentâ and with the twin prints titled âGemini Iâ and Gemini II.â The background of âGemini Iâ reflects the aftermath of the assassination as people expressed their anger while running in the streets of many citiesâ¦. (None in particular though two cities are named). The afro hair style had become popular among both females and males. Is it likely that the runners may be viewed as a glorious afro on the boy who is perhaps thinking of his community? His future? Lev Mills would have wanted the viewer to decide." Prepared, apologetically, (smile) by Joyce Mills on November 29, 2021.
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Oct. 03, 2023
Lev Mills (1940-) 'Dracula Sucks', signed and date…
Est: €600 - €800
Lev Mills (1940-) 'Dracula Sucks', signed and dated l.r. '71, etching, 16,5 x 22,2 cm, ed. 5/80 -With original proof of purchase-
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
May. 20, 2023
Lev Timothy Mills, 1938-2021, Celebration
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Lev Timothy Mills 1938-2021 Celebration 1981 color screenprint on wove paper 28-1/2 x 22 inches signed and dated numbered, 2/100 Known primarily as a printmaker, Mills grew up in Florida, and studied at Florida A&M University. He earned his MA and MFA at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. At Wisconsin, he studied with Dean Meeker, an accomplished printmaker himself. Millsâ subjects approach a social narrative, but he likes to leave room for interpretation. He places precedence on artistic issues and this is evident in the high level of craftsmanship in his work. The images are bold, but subtleânot heavy-handed. Mills studied abroad at the Slade School of Art in London on a fellowship. He participated in exhibits throughout Africa with the United States Information Agency program. Mills returned to the U.S. to Atlanta, to teach printmaking at Clark College, and later Spelman College. In the late 1960s-70s, Millsâ work consisted primarily of intaglios and silkscreen prints. âI am greatly influenced by the discovery of new materials that might be used to produce a work of art. It is necessary to define these components that make art meaningful as new media are produced. The ongoing effort of a âstructuralistâ is to struggle with formsâto build up, modify, tear down, and build up again before the resolution of a given work finally does take place.â -Lev T. Mills
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May. 20, 2023
Lev Mills "i" Collagraph, Signed Edition
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Collagraph is dedicated "to Hal and Lori" in discreet pencil, bottom margin.
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Mar. 04, 2023
Lev Mills i Collagraph, Signed Edition
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Collagraph is dedicated "to Hal and Lori" in discreet pencil, bottom margin.
Palm Beach Modern Auctions
Oct. 06, 2022
LEV MILLS (1938 - 2021) Contamination.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
LEV MILLS (1938 - 2021) Contamination. Color etching and aquatint on cream wove paper, 1968. 596x488 mm; 23 1/2x19 1/4 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from an unknown edition. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "A/Proof" in pencil, lower margin. Printed by the artist at the University of Wisconsin. Part of Lev Mills's masters thesis in printmaking, Contamination is an extremely scarce print. Born in Tallahassee, Florida, Mills lived and worked in Atlanta, Georgia. Mills studied printmaking at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in the late 1960s. He received his BA from Florida A&M University, his MA and MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a postgraduate certificate from the Slade School of Fine Arts, University College - University of London. Mills' career was split between being a working visual artist and an educator. He taught at Spelman College for thirty years, including fourteen years as the art department chair, before retiring in 2009. His work is included in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the British Museum, London, and MOCA Georgia.
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Jun. 04, 2022
Lev T Mills, 1938-2021, Contamination
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Lev T Mills 1938-2021 Contamination 1969 etching on cream wove paper 30 x 24 inches signed, titled, A/P
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Mar. 31, 2022
LEV MILLS (1938 - 2021) I...
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
LEV MILLS (1938 - 2021) I... Color collagraph, relief and etching on cream wove paper, 1970-72. 682x482 mm; 27x19 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 3/25 in pencil, lower margin. Another impression is in the collection of the Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lev Mills uses layered images to create substantative meaning in I.... The culmination of a tumultuous period in American history and the systematic attack on the Black Panther movement are the geneses for Mills' print which present the issues to the viewer in an esoteric manner. Born in Tallahassee, Florida, Lev Mills lived and worked in Atlanta, Georgia from 1973. Mills studied printmaking at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the late 1960s. He received his BA from Florida A&M University, his MA and MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a postgraduate certificate from the Slade School of Fine Arts, University College - University of London. Mills' career had been split between being a working visual artist and an educator. He taught at Spelman College for thirty years, including fourteen years as the art department chair, before retiring in 2009. Several museums hold work by Mills including Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the British Museum, London, and MOCA Georgia.
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Mar. 12, 2022
Lev T. Mills, 1938-2021, Out Loud-Silent
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Lev T. Mills 1938-2021 Out Loud-Silent 1969 intaglio in sepia tone on cream wove paper 17 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches (image) 22 x 28 inches (sheet) signed, dated, titled and numbered, 13/50 Provenance: the estate of the artist. A remarkable image that has never been offered at auction previously. Illustrated: In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, JR, Chassman, Gary Miles, and Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, 2002, p. 111.
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Dec. 04, 2021
Lev T. Mills, 1938-2021, Gemini II
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Lev T. Mills 1938-2021 Gemini II 1969 etching and aquatint on cream wove paper 12 x 12 inches, full margins signed, titled, and numbered 4/50 Provenance: the collection of Lev T. Mills and Joyce Mills
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Dec. 04, 2021
Lev T. Mills, 1938-2021, Gemini I
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Lev T. Mills 1938-2021 Gemini I 1969 etching and aquatint on cream wove paper 12 x 12 inches, full margins signed, titled, and numbered 4/50 Provenance: the collection of Lev T. Mills and Joyce Mills
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Oct. 07, 2021
LEV MILLS (1938 - 2021) Gemini I.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
LEV MILLS (1938 - 2021) Gemini I. Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper, 1969. 305x305 mm; 12x12 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, and numbered 6/30 in pencil, lower margin. Provenance: collection of the artist; private collection, Savanah, Georgia; private collection. A superb, richly inked impression of this scarce, significant print - another impression was in the Evan-Tibbs Collection, Washington, DC. Born in Tallahassee, Florida, Lev Mills lived and worked in Atlanta, Georgia from 1973. Mills studied printmaking at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the late 1960s. He received his BA from Florida A&M University, his MA and MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a postgraduate certificate from the Slade School of Fine Arts, University College- University of London. Lev Mills' career had been split between being a working visual artist and an educator. He taught at Spelman College for thirty years, including fourteen years as the Art Department Chair, before retiring in 2009. Several museums hold work by Mills including Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the British Museum, London, and MOCA Georgia.
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Jul. 17, 2021
Lev T. Mills, The Learning Circle
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Lev T. Mills The Learning Circle The Learning Circle 1984 color serigraph 20 x 15 inches signed, titled, dated, and numbered, 27/50 in pencil. Provenance: Private collection, Chicago
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May. 22, 2021
Lev T. Mills, b. 1938, A Winner
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Lev T. Mills b. 1938 A Winner 1972 color serigraph 28 x 22 inches signed, titled, dated and numbered 18/50
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Apr. 22, 2021
LEV MILLS (1938 - ) Gemini II.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
LEV MILLS (1938 - ) Gemini II. Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper, 1969. 305x305 mm; 12x12 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered 23/50 in pencil, lower margin. Born in Tallahassee, Florida, Lev Mills has been an artist living and working in Atlanta, Georgia since 1973. He received his BA from Florida A&M University, his MA and MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a postgraduate certificate from the Slade School of Fine Arts, University College- University of London. Lev Mills' career had been split between being a working visual artist and an educator. He taught at Spelman College for thirty years, including fourteen years as the Art Department Chair, before retiring in 2009.
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Feb. 06, 2021
Lev T. Mills, b. 1940, Le Roi...?
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Lev T. Mills b. 1940 Le Roi...? 1972 screenprint on paper with colored pencil additions 23-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches signed, titled, dated, and numbered 14/50
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Dec. 10, 2020
LEV MILLS (1938 - ) Celebration.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
LEV MILLS (1938 - ) Celebration. Color screenprint on wove paper, 1981. 724x559 mm; 28 1/2x22 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of approximately 40-50. Signed, titled, dated adnd inscribed "A/Proof" in pencil, lower margin.
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Nov. 14, 2020
Lev T. Mills, b. 1940, Celebration, Serigraph on bronze mirror plexiglass, 28 x 22 inches
Est: $3,500 - $4,500
Lev T. Mills b. 1940 Celebration Serigraph on bronze mirror plexiglass 1982 Signed and dated verso. This is 1 of 2 examples as identified by the artist. Known primarily as a printmaker, Mills grew up in Florida, and studied at Florida A&M University. He earned his MA and MFA at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. At Wisconsin, he studied with Dean Meeker, an accomplished printmaker himself. Mills' subjects approach a social narrative, but he likes to leave room for interpretation. He places precedence on artistic issues and this is evident in the high level of craftsmanship in his work. The images are bold, but subtle—not heavy-handed. Mills studied abroad at the Slade School of Art in London on a fellowship. He participated in exhibits throughout Africa with the United States Information Agency program. Mills returned to the U.S. to Atlanta, to teach printmaking at Clark College, and later Spelman College. In the late 1960s-70s, Mills' work consisted primarily of intaglios and silkscreen prints. "I am greatly influenced by the discovery of new materials that might be used to produce a work of art. It is necessary to define these components that make art meaningful as new media are produced. The ongoing effort of a "structuralist" is to struggle with forms—to build up, modify, tear down, and build up again before the resolution of a given work finally does take place." -Lev T. Mills 28 x 22 inches
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Jul. 11, 2020
Lev T. Mills, b. 1940, I''m Funky But Clean, color serigraph, 30 x 22 inches
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Lev T. Mills b. 1940 I'm Funky But Clean color serigraph 1972 Signed, titled, dated and numbered 22/50 Illustrated: Black Art: A Cultural History, Richard J. Powell, p. 143. African American Art and Artists, Samella Lewis, p. 268. Samella Lewis: The serigraph, I'm Funky But Clean a highly decorative work, shows the architectural boldness of his design. It shows the sincerity of Mills' psychological insight into the spirit of the contemporary young African American male. 30 x 22 inches
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Jul. 11, 2020
Lev T. Mills, b. 1938, I..., collagraph, 30 x 22 inches
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Lev T. Mills b. 1938 I... collagraph 1970 Signed, titled, dated and numbered 2/25 Lev Mills' collagraph, "I�" was selected as a competitor in the Third National Printmakers Exhibition. One juror was Warrington Colescott, a professor of drawing and printmaking while Mills was an MFA student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The print was selected as a "1970 Purchase Award" for the Ackland Museum on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Symbolically, the print encompasses a "capital I" and a "big eye." The viewer is challenged to determine the significance of the symbols found throughout the print. Typically, Mills' works express action through words and images. Graffiti is a powerful expression of the unheard and is often used in his works. In over a dozen exhibitions, Mills' works gained international recognition at a private gallery, Kunsthandel K276, in Amsterdam; the American Embassy in London and the American Cultural Center in Paris. Subsequently, the United States Information Agency (U.S.I.A.) sponsored Mills on a "Seven Month Exhibition and Lecture Tour" to East, West, North and Southern Africa as well as to the Middle East. Thank you to Lev and Joyce Mills for providing information about this powerful image. 30 x 22 inches
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Jun. 10, 2014
LEV MILLS (1938 - ) Gemini II.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
LEV MILLS (1938 - ) Gemini II. Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper, 1969. 305x305 mm; 12x12 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered 14/50 in pencil, lower margin. Lev Mills was born Tallahassee, Florida and currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his BA from Florida A&M University, his MA and MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a postgraduate certificate from the Slade School of Fine Arts, University College- University of London. Lev Mills' career has been split between being a working visual artist, and an educator. He worked for nearly 30 years and served 14 of those years as Art Department Chair, at Spelman College, retiring in 2009. Mills classifies himself as a "constructionist," and his work has appeared in more than 100 group and solo exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Africa. His commissions include the Atrium floor design for Atlanta's City Hall Annex, and a collaborative mixed-media construction at Hartsfield International Airport Atlanta. Additionally, Mills designed the seal for the Coretta Scott King Award. His work can also be found in major private and public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the British Museum, London; the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh; the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mills has published an artistic book of etchings and poems entitled, I Do.This is the first work by Mills to come to auction.
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