Bill Henson: career timeline
Australian · b. 1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 80 of 87 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 | 6 | $3.2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 13 | 9 | $5.2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 36 | 28 | $10.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 2000s | 20 | 11 | $17.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | $14.5kSign up | Photograph |
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1970s 7 works
- Sold
- 6 of 7
- Median
- $3.2kSign up
- Average
- $3.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 10.5 in (30 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7)
- Subjects
- —
1974 Untitled$4.1kSign up
c. 1976 Untitled from ‘Kindertotenlieder'$3.8kSign up
c. 1976 Untitled from ‘Kindertotenlieder'$4.1kSign up
1977 Untitled Image$2.5kSign up
1977 Untitled 1977$2.2kSign up
1977 Untitled 1977Unsold
1977 Untitled 1977$1.8kSign up
1980s 13 works
- Sold
- 9 of 13
- Median
- $5.2kSign up
- Average
- $9.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 42 × 34.5 in (107 × 88 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (12), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1983 Untitled 1983/84 1983-84, printed later$5.3kSign up
c. 1983 Untitled 73, 74, 72 (1983-1984)$33.3kSign up
c. 1985 Untitled #74$7.2kSign up
c. 1985 Untitled 1985/86 1985-86Unsold
c. 1985 Untitled 1985/86 1985-86$4.1kSign up
c. 1985 Untitled 1985/86 1985-86$5.2kSign up
1985 Untitled 1985/86 No. 115Unsold
c. 1985 Untitled 1985/86 1985-86$5.2kSign up
1985 Untitled 1985/86 No. 115Unsold
c. 1985 Untitled 1985-86 1985-86$4.3kSign up
c. 1985 Untitled 1985/86 1985-86$3.6kSign up
c. 1985 Untitled 1985/86 1985-86Unsold
Show 1 more (1980s)
c. 1987 Untitled 1987/88 (1987-1988)$14.1kSign up
1990s 36 works
- Sold
- 28 of 36
- Median
- $10.8kSign up
- Average
- $11.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 41 × 60 in (104 × 152 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (36)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1990 Untitled 29/77$8.5kSign up
c. 1990 Untitled no. 44/157 from Paris Opera Project$14.4kSign up
1990 Ohne Titel „No. 21/51“, aus: „Paris Opera Project$5.9kSign up
1990 Ohne Titel „No. 44/157“, aus: „Paris Opera Project$7.1kSign up
1990 Ohne Titel 31/85, aus: „Paris Opera Project$5.5kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled 1992/93 1992-93$12.5kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled 1992/93 1992-93$8.9kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled 1992/93, image No.SH.21 N.42A$6.7kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled #18 1992/1999/2000$21.6kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled #40 1992/1999/2000$15.3kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled 1992/93 1992-93$7.6kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled 1992-93$8.2kSign up
Show 12 more (1990s)
1993 Untitled (Clouds)$6.6kSign up
1993 Untitled (Akte)$5.9kSign up
c. 1996 Untitled Image 1996/1997, No. CL. SH 232 N. 2$10.9kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1997 Untitled #39Unsold
c. 1997 Untitled 1997/98$13.8kSign up
c. 1997 Untitled #75 1997/1998Unsold
c. 1997 Untitled 1997-98 1997-98Unsold
c. 1998 Untitled 1998/99$6.5kSign up
c. 1998 Untitled 1998/99 1998-99$8.2kSign up
c. 1998 Untitled #75$6.8kSign up
c. 1998 Untitled #64Unsold
c. 1998 Untitled$14kSign up
…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.
2000s 20 works
- Sold
- 11 of 20
- Median
- $17.5kSign up
- Average
- $19kSign up
- Typical size
- 41 × 61 in (105 × 155 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (20)
- Subjects
- —
c. 2000 Untitled$9.6kSign up
c. 2000 Untitled No. 20 2000/2001$24.2kSign up
2000 Untitled (LMO SH 144 N35)$14.4kSign up
c. 2000 Untitled No. 20 2000/2001Unsold
c. 2000 Untitled #110$23.8kSign up
c. 2000 Untitled No. 20 2000/2001$29.6kSign up
c. 2000 Untitled 2000/01 2000-01$14.2kSign up
2001 Untitled 2001 - 2002, JPC SM202N23Unsold
c. 2001 Untitled #117 2001-02Unsold
c. 2001 UntitledUnsold
c. 2001 Untitled #117 2001-02Unsold
c. 2002 Untitled (CB JPC SH121 N1A)$19.7kSign up
Show 8 more (2000s)
c. 2005 Untitled (AB SH56 N36R)$13kSign up
c. 2005 Untitled 2005/06 2005-06$9.2kSign up · sold 2×
c. 2005 UntitledUnsold
c. 2007 Untitled #37 2007-08Unsold
c. 2007 Untitled 2007/08Unsold
2007 Untitled No. 2$34.3kSign up
c. 2007 Untitled 2007/08 2007/08Unsold · sold 2×
c. 2009 Untitled$17.5kSign up
2010s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $14.5kSign up
- Average
- $14.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 50 × 71 in (127 × 180 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 2018 Untitled SH3 N28$14.5kSign up
Creation date not recorded
7 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 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $13.3kSign up
- Average
- $16.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 50 × 64.5 in (127 × 164 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (6)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2011 Untitled 2/1 from The Paris Opera Project$31kSign up
sold 2013 Untitled #30$11.8kSign up
sold 2013 Untitled #32$13.4kSign up
sold 2017 Untitled No. 117Unsold
sold 2018 Untitled #6$11.2kSign up
sold 2018 Untitled No. 117$13.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 50 × 68.5 in (127 × 174 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Untitled #6Unsold
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 Bill Henson auction results →