White embossed text art on a plain white background with an illegible signature at the bottom right corner.

Glenn Ligon

Untitled (White on White)

€3,000

Limited edition of 75

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Glenn Ligon's new limited edition print revisits one of the defining bodies of work in his career.

Untitled (White on White) belongs to the seminal series, Stranger, where Ligon transcribed James Baldwin's 1953 essay Stranger in the Village onto the canvas again and again. Over time, Ligon transforms Baldwin's reflections on race, history and estrangement into dense, pulsating fields of text, using oilstick, gesso and oil paint to give Baldwin's words literal, physical weight.

Produced as a limited edition of just 75, this silkscreen print captures the depth and materiality of Ligon's layered, text-based compositions.

Dimensions

Unframed: 70cm (H) × 53.9cm (W)
Framed: 81.4cm (H) × 65.34cm (W) × 3cm (D)

Medium

26 layer silkscreen on Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White 410gsm paper, finished with hand-applied Sennelier Titanium White oil stick and matte varnish.

Edition size

Authentication

Signed by the artist. Individually numbered.

Certificate of Authenticity

Arrives with a certificate of authenticity.

Release date

September 17, 2026

Prints can be ordered float-mounted in one of three framing options:

We ship framed and unframed prints in bespoke boxes. The boxes are specially designed to ensure safe arrival, and you'll find gloves and handling instructions inside. If you order more than one unframed print, your artworks may be shipped in the same box.

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The legibility and illegibility of the text is what the work is about—the struggle to decipher something and find meaning.
Glenn Ligon

Excerpt from "Stranger in the Village" by James Baldwin discussing racial identity and cultural illusions in America and Europe. — Excerpt from "Stranger in the Village" that forms the basis of *Untitled (White on White)*

A smiling person (Artist Glenn Ligon) wearing glasses and a dark shirt sits in front of a bold red and black abstract background.

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