Agnes Martin: career timeline

American · 1912–2004 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 127 of 137 lots (93% 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.

Agnes Martin: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1950s11$9.4kSign upScreenprint
1960s64$66.2kSign upDrawing
1970s1816$4.9kSign upScreenprint
1980s33$4MSign upAcrylic
1990s9898$7.6kSign upLithograph
2000s11$344Sign upScreenprint

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1950s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$9.4kSign up
Average
$9.4kSign up
Typical size
9 × 12 in (23 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (1)
Subjects
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1960s 6 works

Sold
4 of 6
Median
$66.2kSign up
Average
$657kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 8.5 in (22 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (4), Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
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1970s 18 works

Sold
16 of 18
Median
$4.9kSign up
Average
$21kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 8.5 in (21 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (10), Watercolor (4), Other (2)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (1970s)

1980s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$4MSign up
Average
$4.1MSign up
Typical size
72 × 72 in (183 × 183 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (3)
Subjects
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1990s 98 works

Sold
98 of 98
Median
$7.6kSign up
Average
$22.5kSign up
Typical size
9 × 9 in (23 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (93), Acrylic (3), Other (1)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 74 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$344Sign up
Average
$344Sign up
Typical size
10.5 × 10 in (26 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

10 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 2010s 7 works

Sold
7 of 7
Median
$5.3kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 9.5 in (25 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Other (6), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—
Show 1 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$1.5kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 6.5 in (16 × 16 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects
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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 Agnes Martin auction results →