Untitled (Sometimes I Come to Hate People)
1992 · Silver print with silkscreened text
97.2 × 66.4 cm (38 1/2 × 26 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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David Wojnarowicz
American, 1954
PhotographyPhotographyStreet Art
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31
Works in Collection
49
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6
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- • Street Art
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David Wojnarowicz was an American artist, filmmaker, and activist who worked across photography, painting, collage, and text to create urgent political interventions. His practice merged autobiographical narrative with documentary urgency, addressing homelessness, queer identity, and the AIDS crisis during the 1980s and early 1990s. Working in New York, he combined found materials, spray paint, and personal testimony in works that refused aesthetic distance from social catastrophe. His films and installations remain defining documents of postwar American dissent.
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Museum of Modern Art
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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Range: $1,638 – $882,000
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | Feb 2026 | $8,000 – $12,000 | $4,445 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2025 | $100,000 – $150,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Jul 2025 | $3,000 – $5,000 | $1,638 | |
| Christie's | Jul 2025 | $10,000 – $15,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Jul 2025 | $3,000 – $5,000 | $5,292 | |
| Christie's | Jul 2025 | $5,000 – $7,000 | $4,788 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2024 | $20,000 – $30,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Oct 2024 | $100,000 – $150,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | May 2024 | $180,000 – $250,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | May 2024 | $40,000 – $60,000 | Unsold |
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