Alison Saar: career timeline
American · 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. 24 of 29 lots (83% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3 | 3 | $3.4kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1980s | 11 | 11 | $3.8kSign up | Other |
| 1990s | 6 | 5 | $1.9kSign up | Etching |
| 2000s | 3 | 2 | $16.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | $1.9kSign up | Print (other) |
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1970s 3 works
1980s 11 works
- Sold
- 11 of 11
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $5.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 11 in (24 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (5), Mixed media (3), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1982 Untitled$960Sign up
1982 Jezebel Going to the Dogs$5.3kSign up
1984 Palma y Palmera$7.5kSign up
1985 Ju Ju Man$6.9kSign up
c. 1985 Untitled$3.8kSign up
1985 Lily of the Nile$8.1kSign up
1986 Topsy and Jive Genie Brooches (set of two)$1.2kSign up
1986 Saphire; Fan-Dancer Brooches (set of two)$1.4kSign up
1986 Cleo & Tony Brooches$1.4kSign up
1987 Untitled$23.8kSign up
1987 Puerta roja$1.9kSign up
1990s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $4.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 18.5 in (61 × 47 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (2), Woodcut / linocut (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
1991 Rose Tattoo$15kSign up
1993 Blue Plate Special$1.9kSign up
1994 Cotton Demon$1.2kSign up
1994 Tatoo$800Sign up
1994 Lazarus, from 1993 Whitney Biennial in SeoulUnsold
1994 Ulysses$3.6kSign up
2000s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $16.9kSign up
- Average
- $16.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 34.5 × 20.5 in (87 × 53 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
2001 Diggin'$25kSign up
2005 TreetopUnsold
2009 Inheritance$8.8kSign up
2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 9 in (37 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
2023 Hot Comb Haint: Mona$1.9kSign up
Creation date not recorded
5 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 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $4.1kSign up
- Average
- $4.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 32 × 21 in (81 × 53 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Woodcut / linocut (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2014 UntitiledUnsold
sold 2016 Saar (american, B. 1956)$5.6kSign up
sold 2016 Small Pox Demon$2.6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works
- Sold
- 0 of 2
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 38 × 18.5 in (97 × 46 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Mirror Mirror II: Mulatta Seeking Inner Negress IIResult not published
sold 2026 UntitledUnsold
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 Alison Saar auction results →