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2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work"

Tue, Sep 29, 2026 12:00PM EDT - Wed, Oct 14, 2026 12:00PM EDT
  2026-09-29 12:00:00 2026-10-14 12:00:00 America/New_York Drawing Center Drawing Center : 2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work" https://auction.drawingcenter.org/auctions/the-drawing-center/2026-benefit-auction-the-world-is-the-work-24728
This year's benefit auction and exhibition, "The World Is The Work", brings together artists, curators, and art lovers from The Drawing Center's community. Each guest curator will present a selection of five or more works on paper by artists they admire. Works will be on view at The Drawing Center from October 7 through October 11, and will be available for purchase through a silent auction benefiting The Drawing Center and participating artists. Bidding will begin on September 29 at 12:00 pm ET and end on October 14 at 12:00 pm ET. The Drawing Center rbrickman@drawingcenter.org
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Walter Price, "Look at dat nose! Who business you in?", 2022
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Walter Price, "Look at dat nose! Who business you in?", 2022

Estimate: $5,500 - $5,500
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$3,000
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Walter Price
Look at dat nose! Who business you in?, 2022
Ink on paper and color plexi frame
Unframed: 9 x 12 inches (22.86 x 30.48 cm)
Framed: 11 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches (29.21 x 36.83 x 3.4925 cm)

Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York

Selected by Laura Hoptman

Walter Price lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Recent solo exhibitions includeGreene Naftali, New York (2025; 2022; 2020); the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis(2024); Camden Art Centre, London (2021); Aspen Art Museum (2019); MoMA PS1,New York (2018); and Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2018). Price was included inMONUMENTS at LA MOCA (2026), and in the 2019 Whitney Biennial. His work is held in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; WhitneyMuseum of American Art, New York; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Tate, London;Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles;Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; High Museum of Art,Atlanta; Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; FondazioneSandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin; Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NewYork; Aïshti Foundation, Lebanon; and Rollins Museum of Art, Orlando, among others.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 11.50 in
Width: 14.50 in
Depth: 1.38 in

Artworks purchased at the auction will be available for pickup at The Drawing Center beginning on October 19, 2026. Wrapping of the artwork is provided.

Please call ahead (212.219.2166 x216) to let us know when you plan to come pick up your work.

Shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. Upon request, our staff will provide a list of shippers who deliver to destinations within the United States and overseas.