Timothy Washington Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Timothy Washington Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 03, 2024
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Silent Majority.
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Silent Majority. Engraving on aluminum, mounted on a wood panel, 1970. 914x1219 mm; 36x48 inches. Engraved signature and date "April 14, 1970", lower right. Signed, and titled in felt tip pen and ink, verso Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, Los Angeles (circa 1973); private collection. With the Brockman Gallery, Los Angeles ink stamp on the verso. Exhibited: A Complete Innovative Graphic Show in Aluminum by Timothy Washington, Gallery 32, Los Angeles, June 6 - June 26, 1970. Illustrated: Connie Rogers Tilton and Lindsay Charwood. LA Object & David Hammons Body Prints, pp 361-362; Kellie Jones Now Dig This!: Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-80, p. 240. Photographs of the artwork and the artist holding the artwork were used on the Gallery 32 announcements. Timothy Washington also was photographed holding this artwork outside Suzanne Jackson's gallery in 1969. Solid Majority is a significant artwork by Timothy Washington and an excellent example of his ground-breaking work in aluminum. At the age of twenty, Washington had pioneered his innovative technique in the later part of 1967 as a BFA student at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. The artist first spray painted the aluminum plates with black enamel paint, and then incised the imagery with an engraving tool. Silent Majority was the centerpiece of his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at Gallery 32. Washington went on to be included in the important 1971 LACMA exhibition Three Graphic Artists. Organized by curator Joseph E. Young, the exhibition of Timothy Washington, David Hammons and Charles White included eleven of his works. Washington continued to exhibit his assemblage work, drawings and sculpture at the Brockman Gallery, Gallery 32 and Wylan Gallery in Los Angeles through the 1970s. Today the significance of this body of work is widely recognized. Washington's work was included in the influential 2011 Tilton Gallery exhibition L. A. Object & David Hammons Body Prints and the 2012 traveling museum exhibition Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980. The Los Angeles artist had his first solo museum exhibition Love Thy Neighbor at the California Craft & Folk Art Museum in 2014. More recently, Washington's artwork was featured in the 2017-2020 important traveling museum exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power organized by the Tate Modern.
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Oct. 19, 2023
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Kentucky Derby.
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Kentucky Derby. Etching on aluminum with spray paint and stencil, mounted on wood panel, 1971. 899x869 mm; 35x34 1/4 inches. Engraved signature "Timothy Errol Washington" and date "June 1, Year of 1971 - GM", lower left recto. Signed and inscribed "4420 10th Avenue, Los Angeles 90043" in pencil, upper left verso. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, Los Angeles (circa 1973); private collection. Exhibited: Los Angeles 1972: A Panorma of Black Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February 8 - March 19, 1972. This significant exhibition was organized by guest curator Carroll Greene, Jr. Illustrated: Leonore Goldberg, "A Black Panorama", Artweek, February 26, 1972; William Wilson, "County Museum Showing Works by Local Blacks", Los Angeles Times, February 1972; Connie Rogers Tilton and Lindsay Charwood editors, L. A. Object & David Hammons Body Prints, Tilton Gallery, pp. 406-407. Kentucky Derby is a significant artwork by Timothy Washington and an excellent example of his ground breaking early work on aluminum. Washington made Kentucky Derby a few months after his inclusion in the important LACMA exhibition Three Graphic Artists. Organized by LACMA curator Joseph E. Young, the exhibition of Timothy Washington, David Hammons and Charles White included eleven of his works. At the age of twenty, Washington had pioneered his innovative technique in the later part of 1967 as a BFA student at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. The artist spray first painted the aluminum plates with black enamel paint, and then either etched or incised the imagery with an engraving tool. Washington continued to exhibit his assemblage work, drawings and sculpture at the Brockman Gallery, Gallery 32 and Wylan Gallery in Los Angeles through the 1970s. Today the significance of this body of work is widely recognized. Washington's work was included in the influential 2011 Tilton Gallery exhibition L. A. Object & David Hammons Body Prints and the 2012 traveling museum exhibition Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980. The Los Angeles artist had his first solo museum exhibition Love Thy Neighbor at the California Craft & Folk Art Museum in 2014. More recently, Washington's artwork was featured in the 2017-2020 important traveling museum exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power organized by the Tate Modern.
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Oct. 19, 2023
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Love Of All.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Love Of All. Charcoal and pencil on buff wove paper, mounted on canvas, 1969. 914x584 mm; 36x23 inches (sheet). Signed and dated "March 11, 1969" in pencil, lower left, and titled in graphite, lower center. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, Los Angeles (circa 1973); private collection.
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Jun. 04, 2022
Timothy Washington, b. 1946, untitled, Couple
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Timothy Washington b. 1946 untitled, Couple c. 2000 scratchboard drawing/etching in colors 33-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches Provenance: private collection, Los Angeles, CA
Black Art Auction
Mar. 25, 2022
Timothy Washington, Red, White & Blue
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Timothy Washington Red, White & Blue c. 1996 acrylic, wood, glass, metal, yarn, string, ceramic and battery assemblage on wooden base 33.25 h × 10 w × 14 d in (84 × 25 × 36 cm) Signed 'Tim Washington' to right side. Signed to base 'Timothy Washington'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner This work will ship from LAMA in Los Angeles, California. Condition of the item is not included in this description. Condition reports are available from LAMA upon request. LAMA strongly recommends that you review a condition report for each item on which you plan to bid. Email condition@lamodern.com to request a condition report.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Dec. 04, 2021
Timothy Washington, b. 1946, untitled, Head
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Timothy Washington b. 1946 untitled, Head 2013 pastel and brass ring on black foam core 19 1/2 x 15 inches signed and inscribed December 6, year 2013, time 3:50 pm (in ink)
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Oct. 07, 2021
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Triptych.
Est: $50,000 - $75,000
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Triptych. Triptych of engraving on aluminum, mounted on wood panels, 1968. Each 914x914mm; 36x36 inches. Center panel signed and dated "September 16, 1968" with drypoint, lower left. Provenance: collection of the artist; Lee Nordness Galleries, New York, with the gallery label on the verso, Metromedia Company, New York; private collection, New Jersey (2001). Exhibited: 19Sixties: A Cultural Awakening Re-Evaluated 1965-1975, Californian Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles, 1989, with the museum label on the verso. This significant exhibition was organized by curators Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins and Cecil Ferguson. This important and powerful anti-war artwork by Timothy Washington is one of the first and the largest of his ground breaking early works on aluminum. At the age of twenty, Timothy Washington pioneered his innovative technique in the later part of 1967. Washington describes the special circumstances of this important creative moment in the catalogue essay by Joseph Young of Three Graphic Artists: "I was in class, and our problem was to do something that we would consider very personal. And I think it was the very same day that I went home and found that I was reclassified for the draft as 1-A. So, I knew that I was going to make something relating to the army or war. l wanted to work on a substance that was cold and hard, and I thought of aluminum as a material that I would like to work on. The first piece that I did on aluminum was a triptych which was a social commentary against wars." The artist spray painted the aluminum plates with black enamel paint, and then incised the imagery with an engraving tool - similar to a mezzotint or a scratchboard. The Los Angeles native had not yet graduated from the Chouinard Art Insitute - he received his BFA in 1969. Eleven of these works were included in the 1971 ground-breaking LACMA exhibition Three Graphic Artists when the young artists Washington and David Hammons exhibited alongside Charles White. Washington continued to exhibit his assemblage work, drawings and sculpture at the Brockman Gallery, Gallery 32 and Wylan Gallery in Los Angeles through the 1970s. Today the significance of this body of work is widely recognized. Washington's work was included in the influential 2011 Tilton Gallery exhibition L. A. Object & David Hammons Body Prints and the 2012 traveling museum exhibition Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980. The Los Angeles artist had his first solo museum exhibition Love Thy Neighbor at the California Craft & Folk Art Museum in 2014. More recently, Washington's artwork was featured in the 2017-2020 important traveling museum exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power organized by the Tate Modern.
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Feb. 19, 2021
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (B. 1946) Untitled, 2013
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (born 1946) Untitled, 2013 signed and dated 'Timothy Washington 20-13' (center right) graphite on paper 20 x 16 in. 50.8 x 40.6 cm. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Dec. 10, 2020
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Self-Portrait.
Est: $35,000 - $50,000
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Self-Portrait. Etched aluminum, 2014. 910x920 mm; 36x36 1/4 inches. Etched signature and date "Year 2014, July 12", upper right. Provenance: collection of the artist, Los Angeles. Exhibited: Timothy Washington, Pucker Up, Salon 94, New York, March 5 - April 25, 2020. This powerful self-portait is a contemporary continuation of Timothy's Washington's innovative technique. Washington first exhibited 11 of his etched panels in the LACMA exhibtion Three Graphic Artists in 1968. Organized by LACMA curator Joseph E. Young, this landmark exhibition showed graphic works of Timothy Washington, David Hammons and Charles White. The twenty three-year old had just graduated from the Chouinard Art Insitute two years earlier. Washington showed his assemblage work, drawings and sculpture at the Brockman Gallery, Gallery 32 and Wylan Gallery in Los Angeles through the 1970s. This important body of work is finally being recognized nationally. Several of his works first were included in the influential 2011 Tilton Gallery exhibiton L. A. Object & David Hammons Body Prints. Then the Los Angeles artist finally had his first solo museum exhibition Love Thy Neighbor at the California Craft & Folk Art Museum in 2014. His 1970 etched panels were also included in the hugely influential Tate Modern 2018-2020 traveling exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.
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May. 02, 2018
Timothy Washington (B. 1946) Red White & Blue, circa 1996
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Timothy Washington (B. 1946) Red White & Blue, circa 1996 signed 'Tim Washington' (on the right side); signed again 'Timothy Washington' (on the base)acrylic, wood, glass, metal, yarn, string, ceramic and battery assemblage on wooden baseOverall dimensions:33 1/4 x 11 x 14 in.84.5 x 27.9 x 35.6 cm
Bonhams
Apr. 06, 2017
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Raw Truth.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Raw Truth. Engraving on aluminum and assemblage, including cast iron, wood, nails, a zipper and a leather baseball mitt, with hand coloring, 1970. 889x895 mm; 35x35 1/4 inches. Signed and dated "November 29, 1970" with drypoint, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, Los Angeles (circa 1974); private collection, Rochester, New York. Exhibited: Three Graphic Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, January 26 - March 7, 1971; Brockman Gallery, Los Angeles, and Wylan Gallery, Los Angeles, with the gallery labels on the back. Also an entry label to Art for 1971, Southern California Exposition, Del Mar, CA, June 24 - July 5, 1971, on the frame back. This significant assemblage work was one of 11 works by the artist included in the ground-breaking LACMA exhibtion Three Graphic Artists. Organized by LACMA curator Joseph E. Young, the exhibition of works by Timothy Washington, David Hammons and Charles White was organized in a response to growing public criticism and pressure from the Black Art Council led by Claude Booker and Cecil Fergerson. But the museum''s decision to show the senior and distinguished Charles White with accomplished but then emerging artists Hammons and Washington in only a small gallery space for the prints and drawings department was controversial. The powerful Raw Truth includes Washington''s deft use of figurative imagery with assemblage materials and an innovative technique. The artist first painted the aluminum plate black and drew the imagery with an engraving tool - similar to a mezzotint or a scratchboard. The evocative imagery of a cattle yoke and a figure bending a stick in Raw Truth is described by Young, and by the artist himself, in the catalogue: "I feel that a given society or the system that we lìve in can only bear a certain amount of pressure before it breaks down. That''s why in Raw Truth there is the bending of the stick. The cow in relation to the figure applies to life itself and its relationship to knowledge. The cow demands a certain amount of responsibility, and in return we get mílk from it. This is a give-and-take situation which l feel should be applied to life." The twenty three-year old Washington had just graduated from the Chouinard Art Insitute two years earlier. Washington showed his assemblage work, drawings and sculpture at the Brockman Gallery, Gallery 32 and Wylan Gallery in Los Angeles through the 1970s. Today his important, early body of work has largely been overlooked. While his work was included in the influential 2011 Tilton Gallery exhibiton L. A. Object & David Hammons Body Prints, it was not in the 2012 traveling museum exhibition Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980. The Los Angeles artist recently had his first solo museum exhibition at the California Craft & Folk Art Museum in 2014.
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Apr. 06, 2017
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Hope.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (1946 - ) Hope. Graphite and pencil on cream wove paper, 1967. 889x711 mm; 35x28 inches (sheet). Signed and dated "October 29, year of 1967" in pencil, lower left, and titled in graphite, lower center. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, Los Angeles (circa 1976); private collection, Rochester, New York.
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