Barbara Kruger: career timeline

American · b. 1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 104 of 107 lots (97% 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.

Barbara Kruger: 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
1970s	3	1	$50.8kSign up	Photograph
1980s	19	18	$66.2kSign up	Photograph
1990s	17	16	$3.8kSign up	Lithograph
2000s	10	7	$46.1kSign up	Photograph
2010s	51	50	$3.9kSign up	Lithograph
2020s	2	2	$953Sign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $50.8kSign up
Average: $50.8kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 39.5 in (41 × 100 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

1978 Three works: Picture/Readings$50.8kSign up
1978 Picture/Readings (II)Unsold
1978 Picture/Readings (I)Unsold

1980s 19 works

Sold: 18 of 19
Median: $66.2kSign up
Average: $176kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 28 in (58 × 71 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (8), Lithograph (6), Screenprint (2)
Subjects: —

Show 7 more (1980s)

1990s 17 works

Sold: 16 of 17
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $28.1kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 13 in (47 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (11), Screenprint (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

Show 5 more (1990s)

1992 We Will No Longer Be Seen and Not Heard$5.4kSign up
1992 We Will No Longer Be Seen And Not Heard$4.7kSign up
1992 We Will No Longer Be Seen and Not Heard$5kSign up
1996 Untitled (Look and listen)$393kSign up
1999 Don't Make Me Angry$2.3kSign up

2000s 10 works

Sold: 7 of 10
Median: $46.1kSign up
Average: $110kSign up
Typical size: 43 × 33 in (109 × 84 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (7), Screenprint (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

2003 Untitled (Let Go)$285kSign up · sold 2×
2006 Untitled$10.7kSign up
2007 Stay/GoUnsold
2007 FACE IT (Yellow)Unsold
2007 Untitled (Let Go)$46.1kSign up
2007 FACE IT (Yellow)Unsold
2007 Face It! (Green)$44kSign up
2007 Face It! (Yellow)$40.3kSign up
2007 Face It! (Red)$66.8kSign up
2009 Desire Exists Where Pleasure is Absent$275kSign up

2010s 51 works

Sold: 50 of 51
Median: $3.9kSign up
Average: $35kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 24 in (43 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (19), Photograph (10), Other (9)
Subjects: Beach scenes (5)

Show 12 more (2010s)

2010 You're Right$3.8kSign up
2010 Shame It Blame It$199kSign up
2010 You're Right$3.4kSign up
2010 You're Right$4.4kSign up
2010 You're Right (And You Know It And So Should Everyone Else)$4.1kSign up
2010 You're Right$3.3kSign up
2010 You're Right and You Know It And So Should Everyone Else$3.3kSign up
2010 You're Right (And You Know It And So Should Everyone Else)$3.3kSign up
2011 Untitled (Can Money Buy You Love?)$33kSign up
2011 Untitled (Money Talks)$241kSign up
2011 Untitled (Time is Money)$437kSign up
2011 Untitled (WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED?)$37.8kSign up

…and 27 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $953Sign up
Average: $953Sign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 17 in (42 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1), Multiple (1)
Subjects: —

2020 Untitled (Flag), from Artists Band Together$867Sign up
2024 Untitled (2Kiss)$1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

3 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $194kSign up
Average: $194kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Untitled – Tell Us Something We Don't Know–$194kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $3.3kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 12.5 in (26 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 UNTITLED (PROJECT FOR DAZED AND CONFUSED)$859Sign up
sold 2026 Untitled (Stamps)$5.8kSign 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 Barbara Kruger auction results →