Christopher Wool is a contemporary American painter. In his paintings, Wool contrasts bold stenciled text or abstract brushwork with white backgrounds. In the stenciled works and prints, words run together and breaks arrive at the edges of the canvas, as seen in his Apocalypse Now (1988), which bears the phrase “SELL THE HOUSE SELL THE CAR SELL THE KIDS.”
“With the painting the inspiration comes from the process of the work itself,” Wool reflected. “Like music [making the work] is an emotional experience. It’s a visual language and it’s almost impossible to put words to it.”
Born on September 16, 1955 in Boston, MA, Wool studied briefly at Sarah Lawrence College, but quickly left to enroll at the New York Studio School. A contemporary of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman and others in New York’s downtown art scene in the 1980s, Wool introduced graffiti techniques to his work, later incorporating silkscreens and paint rollers.
Wool's work has been exhibited at numerous institutions around the world, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Wool currently lives and works between Marfa, TX, and New York, NY with his wife the painter Charline von Heyl.
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$46,981
Black Book Portfolio of lithographs text based graphics black and white
By Christopher Wool
Located in Bristol, GB
17 lithograph prints on wove paper; bound in black paper-covered boards Edition of 350 57 x 40 cm (22.5 x 15.8 in) Signed at bottom of title page Prints in excellent condition. Minor...
Lithograph, Offset
$3,000
The Show is Over - rare long discontinued limited edition Dallas Museum poster
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Wool The Show is Over, 2000 Offset Lithograph poster 36 × 24 inches Limited Edition of approx 100 (unnumbered) Unframed This collectible offset lithograph poster was pu...
Lithograph, Offset
$6,000
Christopher Wool 'Untitled' Abstract Expressionist Signed and Numbered Print
By Christopher Wool
Located in San Rafael, CA
Christopher Wool (b. 1955) Untitled, 2006 Screenprint in colors on Rives BFK paper 30 x 22 inches (unframed) P.P. 2/4 (A printer's proof aside from an edition of 40) Signed, numbered...
Screen
My House II Silkscreen Print on Paper, Signed, 14/100, Contemporary
By Christopher Wool
Located in Aventura, FL
7 Color Silkscreen on 335 GSM Matt Custom Paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Numbered 14/100 (there are also 10 artist's proofs). Published by Counter Editions, London. Printed by Brand X Editions, New York. Artwork size 40 x 30 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame size approx 46 x 36 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Christopher Wool is a contemporary American painter. In his paintings, Wool contrasts bold stenciled text or abstract brushwork with white backgrounds. In the stenciled works, words run together and breaks arrive at the edges of the canvas, as seen in his Apocalypse Now (1988), which bears the phrase “SELL THE HOUSE SELL THE CAR SELL THE KIDS.” “With the painting the inspiration comes from the process of the work itself,” Wool reflected. “Like music [making the work] is an emotional experience. It’s a visual language and it’s almost impossible to put words to it.” Born on September 16, 1955 in Boston, MA, Wool studied briefly at Sarah Lawrence College, but quickly left to enroll at the New York Studio School. A contemporary of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman, and others in New York’s downtown art scene in the 1980s, Wool introduced graffiti techniques to his work, later incorporating silkscreens and paint rollers. The artist’s work has been exhibited at numerous institutions around the world, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Wool currently lives and works between Marfa, TX and New York, NY with his wife the painter Charline von Heyl.
Paper, Screen
$36,007
Untitled (Cats in Bag) set of eleven colour photocopies Christopher Wool
By Christopher Wool
Located in Bristol, GB
Complete set of eleven laser photocopies in the original cloth-covered portfolio Edition 3 of 25 36.4 x 28 cm (each), (14.33 x 11.1 in) Signed and numbered on the accompanying portfo...
Linen, Paper, Laser
$2,800
Christopher Wool - The Show is Over, Guggenheim Museum poster SIGNED by artist
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Wool The Show is Over Poster (Hand Signed by Christopher Wool), 2013- Offset lithograph poster Hand signed and dated 2017 on lower front. This work was uniquely signed i...
Lithograph, Offset
Christopher Wool offset lithograph Minimalist print Hand signed, dated by artist
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Wool at Luhring Augustine, (Hand Signed), 2015 Double sided offset lithograph. Hand signed by renowned Minimalist artist Christopher Wool 24 × 19 inches Signed in blue i...
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
$1,800
Martin Kippenberger Self-Portraits, rare poster designed by Christopher Wool
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Wool Martin Kippenberger Self-Portraits Poster, 2005 Offset lithographic poster in colours on smooth wove paper. 36 × 24 inches Published by Luhring Augustine Unframed T...
Lithograph, Offset
Untitled
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint on wove paper. Full Margins. Signed by artist in pencil, lower right. Annotated "AP 13/20) in pencil, lower left. Artist proof, aside from the edition of 100. Publishe...
Screen
Christopher Wool (Hardback Gagosian monograph, Hand signed and dated by artist)
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Wool (Hand signed and dated), 2006 Hardback monograph (hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool) Hand signed and dated 2017 by Christopher Wool on the half-title page 12...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
$2,800
Gagosian Gallery Rome exhibition print (Hand Signed by Christopher Wool), 2010
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph poster published by Gagosian Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition at Gagosian Gallery Rome from May 25 to July 30, 2010 This work has been boldly signed and da...
Lithograph, Offset
$880
2004 Camden Arts Centre catalogue (Hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool)
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Wool 2004 CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE (Hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool), 2004 Softcover catalogue (Hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool) Hand signed and dated 2017 ...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Christopher Wool Guggenheim Monograph, Hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Wool Christopher Wool (Hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool), 2013 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool) Boldly signed and ...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Gagosian Gallery hardback monograph (hand signed by Christopher Wool)
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Wool (hand signed by Christopher Wool), 2006 Cloth hardback monograph (hand signed by Christopher Wool) Hand signed and dated 2017 by Christopher Wool on the half title p...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Untitled
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
This scarce color lithograph is signed, dated and numbered 11/48 by the artist in pencil.
Color, Lithograph
Assistant, from the Black Book: Black, White Series
By Christopher Wool
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Christopher Wool Assistant, from the Black Book; Black, White Series, 1989 Silkscreen 22 3/5 x 16 3/5 inches (57.4 x 42.2 cm) Edition 345/350
Black and White
Untitled From the 6 + 4 portfolio, Hand Signed Aquatint on Paper, Edition of 35
By Christopher Wool
Located in Aventura, FL
Aquatint on Strathmore Bristol paper. From the 6 + 4 portfolio. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. From the main edition of 35. Artwork size 16 x 13 inches. Custom fra...
Paper, Aquatint
Christopher Wool lithograph 2017
By Christopher Wool
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Christopher lithograph 2017: A rare original hand-signed lithograph by Christopher Wool, letter-pressed on fine, textured matte paper. This work was included as part of a ‘Merde 3/4’...
Lithograph
Tea for two – Tod
By Harry Bunce
Located in Deddington, GB
Tea for two – Tod by Harry Bunce [2017] limited_edition Screen Print Edition number 146 Image size: H:25 cm x W:31 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:41 cm x W:49 cm x D:0.3cm Sol...
Paper, Screen
The Smell of Us (Limited edition softcover book)
By Larry Clark
Located in New York, NY
Larry Clark The Smell of Us, 2015 Limited Edition softcover book printed on heavy paper stock in oblong binding (Edition: 250) 5 1/2 × 8 inches This first edition book by Larry Clark...
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
$3,600
H 29 in W 23 in
Keith Haring Fun Gallery exhibition poster 1983 (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Fun Gallery 1983: Original 1983 Keith Haring illustrated exhibition poster published on the occasion of Haring's historic 1983 show at the Fun Gallery in the East Village. A classic array of early Haring imagery that reveals red and black interlocking figures. A rare example in very good overall vintage condition. Offset lithograph in colors on smooth wove paper. 23 x 29 inches. Only some minor signs of handling; in otherwise very good overall vintage condition with strong colors; one of the better examples we've come across. Stored away from light; never mounted or framed. Unsigned from an edition of unknown; scarce. Catalog Raisonne: Keith Haring: Posters (Prestel Publishing). References: Included in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. About the Fun Gallery: Historic, short-lived, East Village gallery known for giving Keith Haring, Basquiat & Kenny Scharf some of their first solo shows. “FUN Gallery was a place where neighborhood kids, downtown artists, b-boys, rock, film, and rap stars mixed with museum directors art historians and uptown collectors at wild openings featuring artists like Futura, Fab 5...
Lithograph, Offset
$895
H 8.75 in W 5.75 in
Basquiat at Vrej Baghoomian gallery 1989 (Basquiat Red Warrior announcement)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Basquiat: Vrej Baghoomian gallery New York, 1989: Vintage original folding announcement card to Jean-Michel Basquiat at Vrej Baghoomian Gallery New York: 10/21 to 11/25, 1989. Pic...
Lithograph, Offset
I Am The Last Of My Kind
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
Published by the Royal Academy
Lithograph, Offset
$6,375
H 41 in W 29.5 in
Poise, Lithograph Print, Hand Signed, Edition 27/48, 41 x 29.5 in, 1991
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Aventura, FL
Offset lithograph in colors. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 48. All reasonable off...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
$28,000
H 20.25 in W 30.25 in
Kerry James Marshall - Keeping the Culture, silkscreen and linocut, Signed/N
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in New York, NY
Kerry James Marshall Keeping the Culture, 2011 Silkscreen and linocut in colors with full margins and deckled edges on Arches paper with full margins and deckled edges 20-1/4 x 30-1/4 inches Hand signed, titled and numbered 79/100 by Kerry James Marshall in graphite pencil on the front Published by Africa House International, Chicago Unframed In September, 2025, "Kerry James Marshall: The Histories" opened at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. This major exhibition was the largest presentation of Marshall's work in the United Kingdom and Europe, and featured more than 70 works by the the artist, including a large number of paintings and a selection of prints, drawings and sculptures. Highlights of the show include a new series of paintings that explore the transatlantic slave trade, along with Knowledge and Wonder, a mural commissioned in 1995 by the Chicago Public Library that is the largest painting Marshall has produced. The exhibition at the Royal Academy will then travel to the Kunsthaus Zurich and the Musee d'Art Modern in Paris. Kerry James Marshall's 2011 "Keeping the Culture" is based upon the artist's eponymous painting done the year earlier, which is featured in the Royal Academy Exhibition. In 2013, an original painting, upon which this work is based, sold at Christie's auction. Below is the Christie's Lot Essay for that painting: ..." Set in a revolutionary apartment in the cosmos, Kerry James Marshall's Keeping the Culture optimistically anticipates a future that pays homage to the past. Ushering in a new stage of the artist's output, Keeping the Culture shifts focus from the failed utopia of urban renewal and the commemoration of civil rights era heroes in favor of a more technically refined meditation on the preservation of the traditional and spiritual values that shaped a culture. Placed in an ultramodern environment, two siblings marvel at a projection of the earth--in which Marshall has aptly positioned the African continent toward the viewer-while their affectionate parents dance in the foreground. Overlooking the milky way, Marshall's space-age flat is decorated with earthly relics-wooden tribal sculptures...
Mixed Media, Pencil, Linocut, Screen
$800
H 31 in W 24 in D 1 in
Untitled Screen Print, Abstract Expressionist, 2010+, Framing Available, 24x31
Located in Columbus, OH
Untitled is a kinetic whorl. The background crisscrosses with a frenzy of black, blue, and purple lines that create an abstract atmosphere while thick white gestures are intermittent...
Screen
$750
H 20 in W 14 in
1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
This one is untitled and depicts a portrait of a young woman in yellow, red and blue with a Maryan like quality to it. Published by Edition Hansjörg Mayer, Stuttgart They published...
Lithograph, Offset
$875
H 32 in W 24 in
Keith Haring, Fill Your Head with Fun! Start Reading! (Keith Haring prints)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring, Fill Your Head with Fun! Start Reading! 1988: Vintage original Keith Haring illustrated poster produced for the New York Public Library system in 1988 to promote litera...
Lithograph, Offset
$3,500
H 24 in W 18 in
Jonas Wood, Interiors and Landscapes (Lt. Ed Hand signed and inscribed poster)
By Jonas Wood
Located in New York, NY
JONAS WOOD Interiors and Landscapes Offset lithograph poster (hand signed and inscribed) 24 × 18 inches Hand signed, dated by Jonas Wood with the artist's distinctive basketball leg...
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Opium
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst Opium, 2000 Lambda C-Type print on Gloss Fuji Archive paper. Signed by the artist, lower right on recto Numbered on verso 48 x 43.7 cm 52 x 48 cm (framed) Edition of 500...
C Print, Lambda
Sonata
By Mark Tobey
Located in New York, NY
A very good, richly-inked impression of this color screenprint on Japon nacré. The deluxe, Roman numeral edition of 60 on Japon nacré, aside from the regular edition of 100. Signed a...
Color, Screen
$5,500
H 19.5 in W 13.25 in
Tracey Emin - uniquely hand signed early Lehmann Maupin Gallery poster invite
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Every part of me's bleeding Offset lithograph poster, 1999 Published by: Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 39 Greene Street, SoHo, NYC Boldly signed and dated 2025 in silver sharpi...
Lithograph, Offset
I Am The Last Of My Kind
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
Published by the Royal Academy
Lithograph, Offset
Sold
H 31.7 in W 27.56 in
Christopher Wool, Untitled - Signed Screenprint, Abstract Art, Contemporary Art
By Christopher Wool
Located in Hamburg, DE
Christopher Wool (born 1955 in Chicago) Untitled, 2016 Screen print, on 270 g/qm vellum Rives Dimensions: 80.5 × 70 cm Edition size: unknown Signature: Hand-signed and dated “WOOL 20...
Screen
Sold
H 12 in W 10 in
SIGNED Christopher WOOL monograph 1998 (Christopher Wool MoCa Los Angeles)
By Christopher Wool
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Signed Christopher Wool artist monograph 1998: Had-signed by Wool on the interior title page, this exquisitely rendered 1st major Wool monogrpah, was published on the occasion of th...
Paper
My House II (2)
By Christopher Wool
Located in London, GB
A seven colour screen print on 335 gsm matt custom art paper. Published by Counter Editions in 2000. Edition 47/100. Hand signed, numbered and dated by Christopher Wool.
Screen
Christopher Wool lithograph 2017
By Christopher Wool
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Christopher lithograph 2017: A rare original hand-signed lithograph by Christopher Wool, letter-pressed on fine, textured matte paper. This work was included as part of a ‘Merde 3/4’: a scarce literary journal which Wool also contributed writing to. Signed on the reverse and lettered alphabetically from a limited edition of 26. This example is lettered/numbered X. Medium: Lithograph in colors on textured matte paper; affixed by 2 staples within the mid-area of journal (soft cover; 50 pgs). Printed by letterpress. 2017. Dimensions: Lithograph: 5.5 x 4 inches. Publication: 8.25 x 5.25 inches. Excellent overall condition; small sticker to reverse of book cover. Hand-signed, dated 2017 & numbered 'X' on the reverse from an edition 26 by Wool. Merde 3/4: Edited by Kyle Void, Merde was published as an ode to Rimbaud’s alchemy of colors and vowels. The publication features contributions by Christopher Wool, Richard Hell & more, with cover art by Richard Hell. Christopher Wool (American, b.1955) is an influential post-Conceptual artist, best known for his graphic, black and white word paintings. Wool grew up in Chicago, and relocated to New York City in the 1970s, where he enrolled in the Studio School with Abstract Expressionist painters Jack Tworkov and Harry Kramer. Wool eventually dropped out of school, and began experimenting with a new type of artistic process, using hand rollers to apply paint as a means of removing the painterly qualities from his work. In the late 1980s, Wool began creating word paintings, which featured alliterative statements, or phrases with the vowels removed, laid out in gridded patterns. In 1988, Wool, along with fellow artist Robert Gober, created a collaborative exhibition at 303 Gallery...
Lithograph
Untitled (The Show Is Over)
By Christopher Wool
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph on paper Open edition Unsigned and unnumbered Excellent. Some imperfections may exist as per the nature of the material, including very minor creasing on very edges.
Lithograph
Untitled (The Show Is Over)
By Christopher Wool
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph on paper Open edition Unsigned and unnumbered Excellent, soft creasing on the bottom of the print. Soft creases along right and left edges of the print under normal...
Lithograph
Untitled (The Show Is Over)
By Christopher Wool
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph on paper Open edition Unsigned and unnumbered Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the nature of the materials.
Lithograph
Untitled (The Show Is Over)
By Christopher Wool
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph on paper Open edition Unsigned and unnumbered Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the nature of the materials.
Lithograph
Untitled (The Show Is Over)
By Christopher Wool
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph on paper Open edition Unsigned and unnumbered Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the nature of the materials.
Lithograph
Untitled (The Show Is Over)
By Christopher Wool
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph on paper Open edition Unsigned and unnumbered Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the nature of the materials.
Lithograph
Untitled
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on white wove paper. Edition of 495. Signed and dated in pencil by Wool. Printed by Atelier für Siebdruck, Bern. Published by Edition...
Color, Screen
Untitled (The Show Is Over)
By Christopher Wool
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph on paper Open edition Unsigned and unnumbered Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the nature of the materials.
Lithograph
Untitled (The Show Is Over)
By Christopher Wool
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph on paper Open edition Unsigned and unnumbered Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the nature of the materials.
Lithograph
Sold
H 31 in W 8 in D 0.3 in
Limited Edition Skate Deck (Hand Signed and Dated by renowned Minimalist artist)
By Christopher Wool
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Wool Skate Deck, 2008 (Hand Signed and Dated 2017) Silkscreen on Maplewood (Hand Signed by Christopher Wool, with a dateline of New York, 2017) 31 × 8 × 3/10 inches Boldly signed and dated 2017 with the dateline "NYC" in black marker This skateboard was created in 2008 by Supreme, Inc. and is signed on the deck...
Wood, Permanent Marker, Screen, Mixed Media
Sold
H 47 in W 31 in D 0.1 in
Christopher Wool 'The Show is Over...' Black, White Offset Lithograph
By Christopher Wool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 47 x 31 inches ( 119.38 x 78.74 cm ) Image Size: 47 x 31 inches ( 119.38 x 78.74 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Shipping a...
Offset