Anish Kapoor: career timeline
British · b. 1954 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 161 of 167 lots (96% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | 5 | $5.6kSign up | Aquatint |
| 1990s | 23 | 18 | $3.3kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2000s | 81 | 62 | $16.7kSign up | Etching |
| 2010s | 41 | 35 | $32.8kSign up | Etching |
| 2020s | 6 | 4 | $3.7kSign up | Print (other) |
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1980s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $5.6kSign up
- Average
- $11.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 17 in (50 × 44 cm)
- Mediums
- Aquatint (3), Oil (1), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
1988 Untitled No.8$1.1kSign up
1988 Auktion 422, Los 738$3.2kSign up
1988 Untitled (4); and Magnetic Field$5.6kSign up
1989 Untitled$21.3kSign up
1989 Untitled$25.8kSign up
1990s 23 works
- Sold
- 18 of 23
- Median
- $3.3kSign up
- Average
- $159kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 15 in (29 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (8), Other (7), Etching (4)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Untitled 11$3.4kSign up
1991 Untitled [From the Skowhegan Suite] #31/80$599Sign up
1991 Untitled (from the Skowhegan suite)$590Sign up
1993 Les Objets d'Artistes: A Vase$1.3kSign up
1993 Echo (set of 5)$5.7kSign up
1993 Les objets d'artistes: A Vase$2.4kSign up
c. 1993 Untitled$2kSign up · sold 2×
1993 Untitled$3.1kSign up
1993 Les objets d'artistes: A Vase$2.3kSign up
1994 11 plates, from 15 Etchings (11 works)Unsold
1994 Fifteen Etchings: plate 12$953Sign up
1994 Chastre$1.1kSign up
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1994 MontagnaResult not published
1994 15 Etchings$16.3kSign up
1994 15 EtchingsUnsold
1995 Untitled IX$26.3kSign up
1995 Turning the World Upside Down II$315kSign up
1996 Blue Rectangle from the series Wounds and Absent ObjectsUnsold
1996 Untitled$699kSign up
1996 Untitled$1.7MSign up
1997 UntitledUnsold
1998 Wounds and Absent Objects: eight prints$14.3kSign up
1999 Ohne Titel$22kSign up
2000s 81 works
- Sold
- 62 of 81
- Median
- $16.7kSign up
- Average
- $171kSign up
- Typical size
- 26 × 34 in (67 × 86 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (31), Sculpture (12), Acrylic (12)
- Subjects
- Harbours & ports (2)
2000 Untitled$508kSign up
2000 Untitled$94.5kSign up
2000 UntitledUnsold
2000 Untitled$22.5kSign up
2000 Untitled$23.8kSign up
2000 Untitled$23.7kSign up
2000 Blood Mirror$1.2MSign up
2000 Untitled$806kSign up
2001 UntitledUnsold · sold 2×
2001 Untitled$39.5kSign up
2001 Untitled$28.5kSign up
2001 UntitledUnsold
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2002 UNTITLED, 2002$1.5kSign up
2002 Untitled$1.6kSign up
2003 UNTITLED, FOR GLYNDEBOURNEUnsold
2003 Untitled (P. 69)$6.1kSign up
2003 Untitled (ring object)$6kSign up
2003 Untitled$557kSign up
2004 Blade$111kSign up
2004 BladeUnsold
2005 Untitled (Void Cube)Unsold
2005 On the Horizon$4.1kSign up
2005 Turning the World$8.2kSign up
2005 Untitled$721kSign up
…and 57 more works from this group in the full results list.
2010s 41 works
- Sold
- 35 of 41
- Median
- $32.8kSign up
- Average
- $304kSign up
- Typical size
- 28.5 × 35.5 in (72 × 90 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (18), Sculpture (18), Other (3)
- Subjects
- —
2010 Horizon Shadow$32.8kSign up
2010 Horizon Shadow: plate 9$2.3kSign up
2010 Horizon Shadow: plate 2$1.6kSign up
2010 Horizon Shadow$20.8kSign up
2010 Horizon Shadow: plate 8$4.2kSign up
2010 Horizon Shadow: plate 5$3.8kSign up
2010 Horizon Shadow$27.7kSign up
2010 Horizon Shadow: plate 4$3.1kSign up
2010 Horizon Shadow: plate 3$3.1kSign up
2010 Untitled$173kSign up
2010 Horizon Shadow$21.8kSign up
2010 Horizon Shadow$30.6kSign up
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2010 Horizon Shadow$31.9kSign up
2010 Untitled$436kSign up
2010 Untitled$705kSign up
2011 Green Shadow$18.7kSign up
2011 Untitled$470kSign up
2011 Green Shadow$13.3kSign up
2011 Green Shadow$31.1kSign up
2011 Untitled$735kSign up
2011 Untitled$1.5MSign up
2011 UntitledUnsold
2012 Untitled$1MSign up
2012 Untitled$860kSign up
…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.
2020s 6 works
- Sold
- 4 of 6
- Median
- $3.7kSign up
- Average
- $3.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 16.5 in (30 × 42 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (4), Etching (1), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
2020 Breathing BlueUnsold
2020 Breathing Blue$4.2kSign up
2020 Breathing Blue$3.9kSign up
2020 Breathing Blue$3.6kSign up
2021 From a Dark House in DelhiUnsold
2023 OUT OF THE DARK$1.5kSign up · sold 2×
Creation date not recorded
6 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 2 works
- Sold
- 0 of 2
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 15 × 10 in (38 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2011 MarsyasResult not published
sold 2015 Gouache su carta, cm 56,5X76,5Result not published
Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $932Sign up
- Average
- $8.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 21 × 15.5 in (53 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (1), Aquatint (1), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Untitled$711Sign up
sold 2020 Untitled from the Skowhegan Suite$1.2kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$32.5kSign up
sold 2023 Anish Kapoor (b.1954)$490Sign 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 Anish Kapoor auction results →