Rashid Johnson – Untitled Anxious Drawing

Untitled Anxious Drawing, 2016

• Artist: Rashid Johnson (American, born 1977)
• Medium: Oil on cotton rag paper
• Dimensions: 61 × 45.7 cm (24 × 18 in)
• Signature: Signed lower right
• Date: 2016
• Provenance: Hauser & Wirth, New York 

Untitled Anxious Drawing is an original oil on cotton rag paper by Rashid Johnson — one of the most critically acclaimed, institutionally recognized, and widely collected American artists of his generation — executed in 2016, signed to the lower right, and presented framed. Coming directly from Hauser & Wirth, New York — the world's most celebrated and commercially significant contemporary art gallery, and the primary institutional champion of Johnson's work on the international stage — this work carries a provenance of the highest possible gallery distinction, confirming both its impeccable authenticity and its place within the most rigorously documented chapter of Johnson's career.

Rashid Johnson occupies a position of central importance in the landscape of contemporary American art. Born in Chicago in 1977, Johnson has built over two decades a body of work of extraordinary range, intellectual ambition, and cultural depth — working across painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and film to construct a sustained and unflinching meditation on Black American identity, history, anxiety, and aspiration. Drawing on an exceptionally wide range of cultural, philosophical, and material references — from the African American literary and intellectual tradition to the history of abstraction, from the personal experience of anxiety and self-determination to the collective memory of trauma and resistance — Johnson has developed a visual language of rare complexity and emotional power that has earned him a place among the most significant and widely discussed artists working anywhere in the world today. His work is held in the permanent collections of virtually every major American museum, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Guggenheim, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, and has been the subject of major solo exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, and leading institutions across Europe and the United States.

The work is in good condition. Full condition report available upon request.

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Is this an original work by Rashid Johnson? Yes. Untitled Anxious Drawing is a unique, original oil on cotton rag paper executed and signed by Rashid Johnson in 2016 — an entirely singular work coming directly from Hauser & Wirth, New York, one of the world's most celebrated contemporary art galleries and the primary institutional champion of Johnson's work.

What is the Anxious Drawings series? The Anxious Drawings series is one of the most intimate, psychologically direct, and formally concentrated bodies of work in Rashid Johnson's entire output — executed in oil on cotton rag paper and rooted in Johnson's sustained meditation on anxiety, Black American identity, and the psychological interior. Works from this series are among the most sought-after and institutionally recognized in Johnson's practice.

What is the provenance of this work? The work comes directly from Hauser & Wirth, New York — the world's most celebrated and commercially significant contemporary art gallery, and the primary institutional champion of Johnson's work on the international stage. This provenance carries the highest possible gallery distinction and confirms the impeccable authenticity and documentation of the work.

What medium and support were used? The work is executed in oil on cotton rag paper — a support of exceptional tactile richness, surface quality, and archival stability, prized in fine art for its ability to receive oil media with a directness and physical immediacy entirely consistent with the urgency of Johnson's mark-making.

What are the dimensions of the work? 61 × 45.7 cm (24 × 18 in) — presented framed.

Is the work signed? Yes. The work is signed to the lower right.

Is the work framed? Yes. The work is presented framed and ready for display.

What is the condition of the work? Good condition. There is faint undulation throughout the surface due to the medium — a natural characteristic of oil on cotton rag paper attesting to the authenticity and material integrity of the work. There is a crease mark at the upper left corner and a slight bump at the lower right corner. The verso is not examined as the work is mounted on a mat. Full condition report available upon request.