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Timed Auction

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.
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Timed Auction in Progress ... Currently on Lot
Lot 109A

Walter Price, "no such thing as too submissive", 2022

Estimate: $12,000 - $12,000
Starting Bid
$7,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $50
$200 $200
$1,000 $300
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $3,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Walter Price

no such thing as too submissive, 2022

Acrylic, color pencil, gel pen and graphite on paper

Unframed: 36 x 24 inches

Framed: 39 7/8 x 28 inches

Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York

 

Selected by Lauren Cornell

 

Walter Price lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Greene 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 in MONUMENTS 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; Whitney Museum 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: 39.88 in
Width: 28.00 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.

Walter Price lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Greene 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; Whitney Museum 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, New York; Aïshti Foundation, Lebanon; and Rollins Museum of Art, Orlando, among others.