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American · b. 1927 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 725 of 780 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.

Alex Katz: 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
1950s55$87.5kSign upOil
1960s2626$8.9kSign upOil
1970s136130$4kSign upLithograph
1980s9893$8.6kSign upOil
1990s134128$8.4kSign upScreenprint
2000s11999$8.3kSign upOil
2010s144128$15.1kSign upScreenprint
2020s6153$10.2kSign upEtching

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1950s 5 works

Sold
5 of 5
Median
$87.5kSign up
Average
$182kSign up
Typical size
26.5 × 41.5 in (67 × 105 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Etching (1), Aquatint (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)

1960s 26 works

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26 of 26
Median
$8.9kSign up
Average
$68.4kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 21.5 in (42 × 55 cm)
Mediums
Oil (10), Screenprint (9), Lithograph (6)
Subjects
Landscapes (4), Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 136 works

Sold
130 of 136
Median
$4kSign up
Average
$40.6kSign up
Typical size
26 × 23 in (66 × 59 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (56), Screenprint (41), Aquatint (18)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (15), Sunsets & night (9), Rivers & marshes (3)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 112 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 98 works

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93 of 98
Median
$8.6kSign up
Average
$59.2kSign up
Typical size
25 × 24 in (63 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Oil (20), Lithograph (16), Aquatint (16)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (7), Figures & portraits (6), Beach scenes (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

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

1990s 134 works

Sold
128 of 134
Median
$8.4kSign up
Average
$27.1kSign up
Typical size
35.5 × 24.5 in (90 × 62 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (67), Woodcut / linocut (25), Oil (20)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Beach scenes (5), Sea & coast (3)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 110 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 119 works

Sold
99 of 119
Median
$8.3kSign up
Average
$59.9kSign up
Typical size
16 × 14 in (40 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Oil (32), Etching (23), Woodcut / linocut (14)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (7), Sunsets & night (6), Figures & portraits (5)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 95 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 144 works

Sold
128 of 144
Median
$15.1kSign up
Average
$30.2kSign up
Typical size
40 × 34 in (102 × 86 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (72), Photograph (19), Aquatint (10)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (22), Figures & portraits (7), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (2010s)

…and 120 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 61 works

Sold
53 of 61
Median
$10.2kSign up
Average
$22.6kSign up
Typical size
34 × 34.5 in (86 × 88 cm)
Mediums
Etching (32), Photograph (9), Screenprint (9)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (11), Sunsets & night (6), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (2020s)

…and 37 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

55 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 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$628Sign up
Average
$5.4kSign up
Typical size
24.5 × 26 in (62 × 66 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (2), Print (other) (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 18 works

Sold
18 of 18
Median
$3.1kSign up
Average
$8.1kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 21.5 in (57 × 55 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (5), Other (4), Oil (2)
Subjects
Beach scenes (1), Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 33 works

Sold
30 of 33
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$6.8kSign up
Typical size
14 × 22 in (36 × 56 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (11), Lithograph (9), Print (other) (3)
Subjects
Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 21 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Alex Katz auction results →