Brice Marden: career timeline
American · 1938–2023 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 151 of 155 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 | 15 | $10.2kSign up | Etching |
| 1970s | 61 | 49 | $5kSign up | Etching |
| 1980s | 26 | 25 | $5.6kSign up | Etching |
| 1990s | 23 | 22 | $10.8kSign up | Etching |
| 2000s | 21 | 19 | $11.9kSign up | Etching |
| 2010s | 3 | 2 | $2.2kSign up | Woodcut / linocut |
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1960s 16 works
- Sold
- 15 of 16
- Median
- $10.2kSign up
- Average
- $26.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 15.5 in (32 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (6), Lithograph (6), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- —
1961 Things$8.8kSign up
1961 Untitled$27.5kSign up
1962 Untitled$13.9kSign up
1963 Watsonville (L. 11)$10.2kSign up
1963 Watsonville$20kSign up
1964 Untitled (For Mary Happy Birthday 1985)Unsold
c. 1964 Untitled$12kSign up
c. 1964 Untitled$139kSign up
1965 Ohne Titel$112kSign up
1966 Lana; and Lana 2$21.3kSign up
1969 Gulf (from the New York 10/69 portfolio)$3.8kSign up
1969 Gulf, from New York 10/69 (L. 16)$2.8kSign up
Show 4 more (1960s)
1970s 61 works
- Sold
- 49 of 61
- Median
- $5kSign up
- Average
- $136kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 14 in (38 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (50), Lithograph (4), Screenprint (2)
- Subjects
- —
1971 Grid I$2.2kSign up
1971 Grid I (L. 17)$2.6kSign up
1971 Untitled (L. 19)$2.1kSign up
1971 Grid II (L. 18)$4.8kSign up
1971 Untitled (from the Ten Days portfolio)$5kSign up
1971 Untitled$4.4kSign up
1971 Untitled (L. 19)$3kSign up
1971 Grid I (L. 17)$2.1kSign up
1971 Ohne Titel$6.1kSign up
1971 Grid I$1.9kSign up
1971 Grid IUnsold
1971 Untitled, from Ten Days$4kSign up
Show 12 more (1970s)
1971 Untitled$4.8kSign up
1971 Grid IUnsold
c. 1971 UntitledUnsold
1971 Untitled$3.8kSign up
1971 Grid II$6.3kSign up
c. 1971 Untitled$4.4kSign up
1971 Grid II$8.1kSign up
1972 Untitled Press: plate #3 (L. 21.3)Unsold
1972 Untitled Press: plate #3 (L. 21.3)Unsold
1972 Untitled Press Series #3$2.3kSign up
1972 Untitled Press: plate #3Unsold
c. 1972 Star (for Patti Smith)$6MSign up
…and 37 more works from this group in the full results list.
1980s 26 works
- Sold
- 25 of 26
- Median
- $5.6kSign up
- Average
- $264kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 7 in (20 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (12), Screenprint (4), Oil (3)
- Subjects
- —
1983 Untitled III$2.8kSign up
c. 1983 Elements III$5.2MSign up
1983 Untitled$5kSign up
1983 1; 2; 3; and 4$6.3kSign up
1983 "3"$2.4kSign up
1984 Honey's Drawing$35.6kSign up
1985 Untitled (#2A)$483kSign up
1985 Untitled (#4)$471kSign up
1986 Etchings to Rexroth: plate #25 (L. 40/25)$2.3kSign up
1986 Four plates, from Etchings to Rexroth (4 works)$12.8kSign up
1986 Etchings to Rexroth: plates 6 and 22 (L. 40/6 & 40/22)$8.9kSign up
1986 Etching for Parkett (für Parkett 7)$2.2kSign up
Show 12 more (1980s)
1986 #18, from Etchings to Rexroth (L. 40/18)$6kSign up
1986 Etchings to Rexroth: plates 10; 18-20; 24-25 (L. 40)$12.6kSign up
1986 Etching for Parkett$2.4kSign up
1986 Etchings to Rexroth$81.3kSign up
1986 Etching for Parkett$1.3kSign up
1986 Etchings to Rexroth$138kSign up
1986 Work Book 30 (6)Unsold
1986 Etchings to Rexroth #5$2.8kSign up
1986 Etchings to Rexroth$5.6kSign up
1987 Thirty-six Poems by Tu Fu$2.5kSign up
1987 Tu Fu$4kSign up
1987 Tu Fu$2.8kSign up
…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.
1990s 23 works
- Sold
- 22 of 23
- Median
- $10.8kSign up
- Average
- $446kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 12 in (23 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (20), Drawing (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1991 Cold Mountain Series, Zen Studies 1-6: plate 5 (L. 43/5)$56.7kSign up
1991 Cold Mountain Series, Zen Studies 1-6: plate 6$35kSign up
1991 Cold Mountain Series, Zen Studies 1-6: plate 1$50kSign up
c. 1992 After Botticelli 1992-93$71.2kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1992 After Botticelli 1-5$42.1kSign up
1992 Han Shan ExitUnsold
1992 Cyprian Evocation$6.1kSign up
c. 1992 After Botticelli 5$5.7kSign up
1992 Han Shan Exit 1$9.4kSign up
1992 Study for Cold Mountain 3$15.1kSign up
1992 Han Shan Exit 1$6.7kSign up
1992 Cyprian Evocation$8.8kSign up
Show 11 more (1990s)
1992 Han Shan Exit$9.4kSign up
1993 After Botticelli No. 2$6kSign up
c. 1995 Green Book II$58.5kSign up
c. 1996 The Fungoid Rock$8.2kSign up
1996 Untitled, from Couples$10.6kSign up
1998 Suzhou I-IV$137kSign up
1999 L.A. Muses (from the MoCA portfolio)$11.1kSign up
c. 1999 LA Muses, from MOCA portfolio$11.3kSign up
1999 L.A. Muses (from The MOCA Portfolio)$8.6kSign up
c. 1999 Elements (Hydra)$9.2MSign up
c. 1999 L.A. Muses (from The MOCA Portfolio)$10kSign up
2000s 21 works
- Sold
- 19 of 21
- Median
- $11.9kSign up
- Average
- $21.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 14 in (29 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (8), Screenprint (6), Lithograph (3)
- Subjects
- —
2000 Distant Muses (G. 1881)$6.3kSign up
2000 Distant Muses (G. 1881)$6.8kSign up
2000 Distant Muses$5kSign up
2000 Rock 4$113kSign up
2000 Distant Muses$7.5kSign up
2000 Distant Muses$5.9kSign up
2000 Distant Muses$11.9kSign up
2000 Rock$87.5kSign up
2001 Eagles Mere Muses (G. 1866)$22.9kSign up
2001 Beyond Eagles Mere 2$20.3kSign up
2001 Richard's Muse$17.5kSign up
2001 Beyond Eagles Mere$26.3kSign up
Show 9 more (2000s)
2001 Muses with Graphite$10kSign up
2002 Celadon Muse$16.3kSign up
2002 Winter Muse$21.3kSign up
2003 Red Line Muses (State) (G. 1874)$21.8kSign up
c. 2004 Three Works: (i) Nevisian Story 17/Garden 1 ; (ii) Nevisian Story 18/Garden 2 ; (iii) Nevisian Story 19/Garden 3Unsold
2007 Letter of Gratitude #8Unsold
2008 Etching for Obama (from the Artists for Obama portfolio)$1.8kSign up
2008 Etching for Obama (from Artists for Obama)$1.9kSign up
2009 Nevis Letter$6kSign up
2010s 3 works
Creation date not recorded
4 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 2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $7.1kSign up
- Average
- $7.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 23 in (38 × 59 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2006 Ohne Titel$7.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $15.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 13.5 in (43 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (1), Other (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2015 Untitled (L. 24)$1.3kSign up
sold 2017 Five Threes$43.8kSign up
sold 2019 Book of Images$625Sign 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 Brice Marden auction results →