Ad Reinhardt: career timeline

American · 1913–1967 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 42 of 51 lots (82% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Ad Reinhardt: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1940s	1	1	$158kSign up	Gouache
1950s	4	4	$217kSign up	Oil
1960s	36	33	$1.8kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $158kSign up
Average: $158kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 20 in (41 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

1947 Untitled$158kSign up · sold 2×

1950s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $217kSign up
Average: $205kSign up
Typical size: 38 × 17.5 in (97 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Abstract (2)

1954 Untitled (Black Painting)$40.5kSign up
1955 Abstract Painting$254kSign up
1957 Iris Mystique$347kSign up
1958 Abstract Painting$180kSign up

1960s 36 works

Sold: 33 of 36
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $6kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 12 in (38 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (31), Other (2), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Abstract (3)

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Creation date not recorded

9 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $24.2kSign up
Average: $24.2kSign up
Typical size: 36 × 18.5 in (92 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2005 '10 Screenprints by Ad Reinhardt'$6.7kSign up
sold 2005 Ohne Titel (Black Painting)$41.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $2.7kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 12 in (31 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Other (5), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2014 Senza titoloResult not published
sold 2017 # 6 from 10 Screenprints$2.1kSign up
sold 2018 # 7 from Ten Screenprints$3kSign up
sold 2018 Eight from Ten Screenprints$3.3kSign up
sold 2018 Five from Ten Screenprints$2.5kSign up
sold 2019 # 6 from 10 Screenprints$2.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $945Sign up
Average: $945Sign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 7.5 in (19 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2023 Untitled$945Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Ad Reinhardt auction results →