Alfredo Jaar: career timeline

Chilean · b. 1956 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 25 lots (92% 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.

Alfredo Jaar: 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
1980s	6	2	$36.9kSign up	Other
1990s	10	7	$3.8kSign up	Other
2000s	3	2	$11.2kSign up	Other
2010s	3	1	$32.5kSign up	Other
2020s	1	0	—	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1980s 6 works

Sold: 2 of 6
Median: $36.9kSign up
Average: $36.9kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 38 in (49 × 97 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Photograph (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1985 Gold in the Morning 1Result not published
c. 1985 Gold in the MorningResult not published
c. 1985 Gold in the MorningUnsold
1988 Guess who is coming to dinnerUnsold
1988 Refugee (Water)$60kSign up
1989 Out of Balance$13.8kSign up

1990s 10 works

Sold: 7 of 10
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $4.8kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 20.5 in (52 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Other (5), Photograph (2), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

1990 Hope, Happiness, Freedom$3.3kSign up
1990 The Body is the Map$3.8kSign up
1990 Asiatisches Mädchen$7kSign up
1991 Terra Non-Descoperta (Undiscovered Land)$2.5kSign up
1993 ReflexionsUnsold
1994 Untitled$630Sign up
1996 I Remember Her Eyes: The Eyes of Gutete EmeritaUnsold
1996 Embrace$10.5kSign up
1996 One Hundred Times Nguyen$6.3kSign up
1996 EmbraceUnsold

2000s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $11.2kSign up
Average: $11.2kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 18.5 in (32 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

2000 La nube (The cloud), 2000Result not published
2002 Teach us to outgrow our madness$3.6kSign up
2003 Walking II$18.8kSign up

2010s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $32.5kSign up
Average: $32.5kSign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 27.5 in (70 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

2016 You Do Not Take a Photograph. You Make ItUnsold
2016 I Can't Go On, I'll Go On$32.5kSign up
2019 The last skyUnsold

2020s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 29.5 × 29.5 in (75 × 75 cm)
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

2026 I Can't Go On, I'll Go OnUnsold

Creation date not recorded

2 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 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $15.2kSign up
Average: $15.2kSign up
Typical size: 60 × 40 in (152 × 101 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2024 Gold In The Morning$11.5kSign up
sold 2024 Embrace$18.9kSign 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 Alfredo Jaar auction results →