Amy Sherald
Untitled (Opal)
Amy Sherald
Untitled (Opal)
- 2026
- 70-color screenprint on Lana Aquarelle 600 gsm
- Ed. of 35 + 15 AP
- $50,000
Amy Sherald’s work centers on the interior lives of her subjects, rendering them with a clarity that resists easy definition. Her portraits hold a quiet tension between what is visible and what remains private, suggesting that identity is not fixed, but shaped through perception and experience. The figures are composed and self-possessed, yet leaving space for what cannot be seen.
This sensibility extends into her print practice, which has become an essential part of her work. In ‘Untitled (Opal),’ Sherald translates her visual language into a richly layered screenprint, produced in collaboration with Luther Davis and the team at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn. The result is a work of striking precision and depth, where color and surface carry equal weight.
The composition centers on a young woman in a vivid yellow dress set against a soft blue ground. Her grayscale skin creates a deliberate tonal contrast, while subtle details—such as purple nail polish—activate the image with moments of quiet intensity.
Published by Hauser & Wirth Editions, ‘Untitled (Opal)’ reflects Sherald’s ongoing exploration of portraiture as a space where presence and interiority are held in balance.
About Amy Sherald
Born in Columbus, Georgia, and now based in the New York City area, Amy Sherald documents contemporary African American experience in the United States through arresting, intimate portraits. Sherald engages with the history of photography and portraiture, inviting viewers to participate in a more complex debate about accepted notions of race and representation, and to situate Black life in American art.