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Billy Al Bengston: career timeline

American · 1934–2022 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 174 of 183 lots (95% 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.

Billy Al Bengston: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1950s1212$5.3kSign upOil
1960s4739$9.4kSign upSculpture
1970s4442$5.2kSign upWatercolor
1980s3227$3.1kSign upWatercolor
1990s99$2.4kSign upAcrylic
2000s107$2kSign upAcrylic
2010s1210$1.9kSign upWatercolor

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1950s 12 works

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12 of 12
Median
$5.3kSign up
Average
$5.7kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 16.5 in (42 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Oil (6), Sculpture (5), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
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1960s 47 works

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39 of 47
Median
$9.4kSign up
Average
$14.9kSign up
Typical size
26 × 25 in (66 × 64 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (25), Lithograph (6), Oil (5)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)
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…and 23 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 44 works

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42 of 44
Median
$5.2kSign up
Average
$10.5kSign up
Typical size
25 × 25 in (63 × 64 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (19), Acrylic (9), Other (7)
Subjects
Beach scenes (1), Abstract (1), Landscapes (1)
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…and 20 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 32 works

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27 of 32
Median
$3.1kSign up
Average
$4.8kSign up
Typical size
22 × 30 in (56 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (14), Lithograph (7), Acrylic (6)
Subjects
Abstract (4), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 9 works

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9 of 9
Median
$2.4kSign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
20 × 30 in (51 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (3), Other (2), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (3)

2000s 10 works

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7 of 10
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
12 × 11 in (30 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (5), Watercolor (3), Mixed media (1)
Subjects
—

2010s 12 works

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10 of 12
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$2kSign up
Typical size
11 × 10 in (28 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (12)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

9 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
3 of 3
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Watercolor (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold
4 of 6
Median
$3.6kSign up
Average
$4.7kSign up
Typical size
15 × 23 in (38 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Screenprint (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
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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 Billy Al Bengston auction results →