The following is a partial list of artworks by the American artist Kehinde Wiley (born 1977).
Image | Title | Date | Size (cm) | Museum/Collection | Medium | Notes | Ref |
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Passing / Posing Untitled | 2001 | 60 x 40 in | - | Oil on canvas | [1] | ||
Passing / Posing #11 | 2002 | 60 x 40 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | [1] | ||
Passing / Posing #12 | 2002 | 60 x 48 in | - | Oil on canvas | [1] | ||
Passing / Posing #13 | 2002 | 60 x 40 in | - | Oil on fabric | [1] | ||
Passing / Posing #15 | 2002 | 56 x 48 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | [1] | ||
Passing / Posing Go | 2003 | 121.9 cm (48 in) x 304.8 cm (120 in) x 6.4 cm (2.5 in) (five panels; numbered a-e) | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | Oil on panel | [1] | ||
Passing/Posing (Female Prophet Anne, Who Observes the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) | 2003 | 96 x 60 x 1 1/2 in (243.8 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm) | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | Oil on canvas mounted on panel | |||
Passing/Posing (Assumption) | 2003 | 96 x 60 x 1 1/2 in (243.8 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm) | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | Oil on canvas mounted on panel | |||
Passing/Posing (Immaculate Consumption) | 2003 | 96 x 60 x 1 1/2 in (243.8 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm) | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | Oil on canvas mounted on panel | |||
Passing/Posing (Female Prophet Deborah) | 2003 | 96 x 60 x 1 1/2 in (243.8 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm) | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | Oil on canvas mounted on panel | |||
Saint Francis of Paola | 2003 | 82 x 70 in. (208.3 x 177.8 cm) | Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio | Oil on canvas | [2] | ||
Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps | 2005 | 108 x 108 in (274.3 x 274.3 cm) | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | Oil on panel | Part of the Rumors of War series. After Jacques-Louis David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801). | ||
Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke Olivares | 2005 | 108 x 108 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the Rumors of War series. After Diego Velázquez's Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares (1636). | [3] | |
St. Andrew | 2006 | 96 x 84 in | Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the Scenic series. After Saint Andrew by Hans Holbein the Younger (1521) | [4] [5] | |
Charles I and Henrietta Maria | 2006 | 84 x 96 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the Scenic series. After Charles I and Henrietta Maria Holding a Laurel Wreath by Anthony van Dyck (1632). Sold at Sotheby's for $143,000 in June 2014. [6] | [4] | |
Design for a Stained Glass Window with Wild Man | 2006 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Scenic series. After Design for a Stained Glass Window with Wild Man by Hans Holbein the Younger (1528) | [4] | |
Saint Adrian | 2006 | 96 x 84 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Scenic series. After Saint Adrian by Hans Holbein the Younger (1522) | [4] | |
The Apostle Peter | 2006 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Scenic series. After The Apostle Peter by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527) | [4] | |
Le Roi de la Chasse | 2006 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Scenic series. After Anthony van Dyck's Charles I at the Hunt (1635) | [4] [7] | |
The Capture of Juliers | 2006 | 84 x 96 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the Rumors of War series. After Peter Paul Rubens's The Capture of Juliers (1622). | [3] | |
Prince Tommaso Francesco of Savoy Carignano | 2006 | 96 x 96 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the Rumors of War series. After Anthony van Dyck's Equestrian Portrait of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano (1634). | [3] | |
Bamboo Shoots | 2007 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Design for a Stained Glass Window with Wild Man II | 2007 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Ivelaw I | 2007 | 28.5 x 22.5 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Romaine III | 2007 | 37.5 x 30.5 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Romanine I | 2007 | 25.6 x 22 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Cheick I | 2007 | 46 x 34 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Acting in Accordance with Chairman Mao's Instructions Means Victory | 2007 | 72 x 60 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Support the Rural Population and Serve 500 Million Peasants | 2007 | 72 x 60 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Regard the Class Struggle as the Main Link in the Chain | 2007 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Two Heroic Sisters of the Grassland | 2007 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Encourage Good Manners and politeness: Brighten Up Your Surroundings with Plants | 2007 | 60 x 60 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Learn from Comrade Guofu! | 2007 | 96 x 84 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Carry Out the Four Modernisations of the Fatherland | 2007 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Celebrating with Great Joy and Enthusiasm the Publication of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China | 2007 | 96 x 84 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Threefold Defence | 2007 | 84 x 96 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Defend and Develop the Island Together | 2007 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the China series. | [8] | |
Le Roi de la Chasse II | 2007 | 108 x 108 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the Rumors of War series. After Anthony van Dyck's Charles I at the Hunt (1635). Sold at Sotheby's for $350,000 in June 2020. [7] | [3] | |
Officer of the Hussars | 2007 | 108 x 106 in | Detroit Institute of Arts | Oil on canvas | Part of the Rumors of War series. After Théodore Géricault’s The Officer of the Hussars (1812). | [9] | |
Femme Piquee Par Un Serpent | 2008 | 102 x 300 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Down series | [10] | |
Gettysburg Memorial | 2008 | 50 x 134.5 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Down series | [10] | |
A Dead Soldier | 2008 | 60 x 144 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Down series | [10] | |
Morpheus | 2008 | 108 x 180 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Down series | [10] | |
Sleep | 2008 | 132 x 300 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Down series | [10] | |
The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia | 2008 | 101.5 x 226.5 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Down series | [10] | |
The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ | 2008 | 131 x 112 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Down series | [10] | |
Christian Martyr Tarcisius | 2008 | 83.9 x 180 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Down series | [10] | |
The Veiled Christ | 2008 | 81.9 x 215 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of the Down series | [10] | |
Benin Mother and Child | 2008 | 72 x 60 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
Dogon Couple | 2008 | 96 x 84 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
Hunger | 2008 | 96 x 84 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
Ibrahima Sacho II | 2008 | 26 x 22 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
Matar Mbaye II | 2008 | 26 x 22 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
On Top of the World | 2008 | 72 x 60 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
Place Soweto (National Assembly) | 2008 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
Rubin Singleton | 2008 | 96 x 72 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
Soly Cisse | 2008 | 47 x 31 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
Three Wise Men Greeting Entry Into Lagos | 2008 | 72 x 96 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
Tosin Otegbole | 2008 | 26 x 22 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Lagos & Dakar series | [11] | |
Jonaton Schimitt Barcellos | 2008 | 48 x 36 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Alegoria a Lei do Ventre Livre | 2009 | 72 x 60 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Anderson S. da Fonseca | 2009 | 48 x 36 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Bernardo O'Higgins | 2009 | 72 x 60 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Fall | 2009 | 72 x 60 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Jefferson | 2009 | 48 x 36 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Joao Caetano | 2009 | 78 x 60 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Vagner Rodrigues Gomes | 2009 | 48 x 36 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Marechal Floriano Peixoto | 2009 | 96 x 84 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Nelson Silva Eaflanzino Jr. | 2009 | 48 x 36 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Omen Negro | 2009 | 96 x 84 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Randerson Romualdo Cordeiro | 2008 | 48 x 36 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Santos Dumont - The Father of Aviation I | 2009 | 72 x 60 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Santos Dumont - The Father of Aviation II | 2009 | 78 x 156 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Santos Dumont - The Father of Aviation III | 2009 | 72 x 96 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Count Potocki | 2008 | 108 x 108 in | - | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the Rumors of War series. After Jacques-Louis David's Portrait of Count Stanislas Potocki (1681). | [3] | |
Thiogo Gliveira do Rosario | 2009 | 48 x 36 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: Brazil series | [12] | |
Annoyed Radha with Her Friends | 2010 | 72 x 96 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: India & Sri Lanka series | [13] | |
Bonaparte in the Great Mosque of Cairo | 2010 | 60 x 72 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: India & Sri Lanka series | [13] | |
The Desert | 2010 | 45 x 36 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: India & Sri Lanka series | [13] | |
Egyptian Landscape with Setting Sun | 2010 | 60 x 48 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: India & Sri Lanka series | [13] | |
Femme Fellah | 2010 | 45 x 36 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: India & Sri Lanka series | [13] | |
Nandikesvara | 2010 | 45 x 36 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: India & Sri Lanka series | [13] | |
The White Slave | 2010 | 84 x 96 in | - | Oil on canvas | Part of The World Stage: India & Sri Lanka series | [13] | |
Colonel Platoff on His Charger | 2008 | 108 x 108 in | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas | Oil and enamel on canvas | Part of the Rumors of War series. After James Ward's Colonel Platoff on His Charger (1816) | [3] [14] | |
Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II (Michael Jackson) | 2010 | 128 x 110 in | Olbricht Collection, Berlin | Oil on canvas | Commissioned by Michael Jackson, and was posthumously completed. After Peter Paul Reubens's Philip II on Horseback (1640). | [15] | |
THE WHITE SLAVE | 2010 | 84" X 96" | SRI LANKA | Oil on canvas | [16] | ||
EGYPTIAN LANDSCAPE WITH SETTING SUN | 2010 | 60" X 48" | SRI LANKA | Oil on canvas | [16] | ||
Shantavia Beale II | 2012 | 60 x 48 in | Collection of Ana and Lenny Gravier | Oil on canvas | - | [17] | |
PORTRAIT OF ANNE CYNTHIA PETIT VII | 2014 | 60H X 48W IN | Lamentations Exhibit | Oil on linen | [18] | ||
CHRIST AFTER LADY MACBETH II | 2016 | 96H X 60W IN | Lamentations Exhibit | Oil on Canvas | [18] | ||
CHRIST AFTER LADY MACBETH I | 2016 | 96H X 60W IN | Lamentations Exhibit | Oil on canvas | [18] | ||
THE LAMENTATION | 2016 | 96H X 192W IN | Lamentations Exhibit | Oil on canvas | [18] | ||
PORTRAIT OF WANGECHI MUTU, MAMIWATA | 2017 | 94H X 120W IN | Trickster Exhibition | Oil on Canvas | [19] | ||
PORTRAIT OF MAHOGANY JONES AND MARCUS | 2017 | 108H X 84W IN | Saint Louis Collection | Oil on Canvas | [20] | ||
President Barack Obama | 2018 | 213.7 cm (84.1 in) × 147 cm (58 in) × 3.2 cm (1.3 in) | National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. | Oil on panel | Was publicly unveiled with Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama , at the National Portrait Gallery in February 2018. [21] | ||
Untitled (Copley) | 2022 | Collection of Nancy and Sean Cotton, on loan to the Detroit Institute of Arts | Oil on canvas | After John Singleton Copley's Watson and the Shark (1786) | [22] | ||
Image | Title | Date | Size (cm) | Museum | Medium | Ref |
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Houdon Paul-Louis | 2011 | 34 x 26 x 19 in (86.4 x 66 x 48.3 cm) | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | Bronze with polished stone base | ||
Bound | 2014 | 65 x 45 1/2 x 44 in (165.1 x 115.6 x 111.8 cm) | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | Bronze | ||
Rumors of War | 2018 | 27' 4 7/8" in high x 25' 5 7/8" in long x 15' 9 5/8" | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond | Bronze with stone pedestal |
Image | Title | Date | Size | Museum | Medium | Notes | Ref |
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![]() | Saint Adelaide | 2014 | 251.3 cm (98.9 in) × 115.7 cm (45.6 in) | The Stained Glass Museum, Ely, United Kingdom | Stained glass window | Based on an 1843 stained glass window of Saint Adelaide, designed by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and manufactured by Sèvres for the Chapel of Saint Ferdinand, Paris. | [23] |
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED | 2016 | 97.91H X 46.18W IN | Lamentations Exhibit | Stained glass in aluminum frame | [18] | ||
Go | 2020 | 17'6" long × 55'8" wide × 10" deep | Moynihan Train Hall, Penn Station, New York City | Stained glass triptych | Across the ceiling of the 33rd Street entrance to the station. Depicts breakdancers in the sky. | [24] |
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