Carl Andre: career timeline
American · 1935–2024 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 68 of 69 lots (99% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | 5 | $56.3kSign up | Other |
| 1960s | 15 | 14 | $14.4kSign up | Other |
| 1970s | 15 | 12 | $11.6kSign up | Other |
| 1980s | 14 | 13 | $66.2kSign up | Other |
| 1990s | 8 | 8 | $1.2kSign up | Other |
| 2000s | 9 | 8 | $72.5kSign up | Other |
| 2010s | 2 | 1 | $33kSign up | Etching |
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1950s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $56.3kSign up
- Average
- $66.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 8.5 in (28 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3), Drawing (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1958 Untitled$30.5kSign up
c. 1958 Untitled$63kSign up
1958 Wood Saw-Cut Exercise$163kSign up
c. 1958 ddddddddddddddddfffffffffffffffffffffffff$56.3kSign up
1959 POETICAL ECONOMY$18.8kSign up
1960s 15 works
- Sold
- 14 of 15
- Median
- $14.4kSign up
- Average
- $212kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 8.5 in (28 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (5), Drawing (5), Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 Untitled$5kSign up
1961 Intimate$27.5kSign up
1962 arc bin bur cam$10.2kSign up
1963 ON THE SADNESS$14.8kSign up
1963 intimate$15.2kSign up
1963 Post, lintel & threshold exercise$85.8kSign up
1963 flowerflowerflowerflowerflower (From the series: One Hundred Sonnets)$8.8kSign up
1964 sun act star law set age stone hand cut bell time age now foot din$37.5kSign up
1965 ddddddddddddddffffffffffffffffffffUnsold
1965 ESSAY ON PAINTING FOR F P STELLA 1965$14kSign up
1965 arc bin bur cam$11.4kSign up
1967 Untitled$2kSign up
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1970s 15 works
- Sold
- 12 of 15
- Median
- $11.6kSign up
- Average
- $90.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 7 in (15 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (9), Drawing (2), Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- —
1970 Paolina's Way“, New York$26.9kSign up
1971 32-Part Reciprocal Invention (RS 1971-20)$100kSign up
c. 1971 collection of postcards and ephemera$3kSign up
1972 Stillanovel Trial No 20$13kSign up
1972 45-Part Steel Cut$174kSign up
1972 Untitled (Ticket for NYCLU Fundraiser at Castelli Gallery)$1.5kSign up
1973 Two Blocks and Stones (from 144 Blocks and Stones for Robert Smithson)Unsold
1973 Untitled$3.5kSign up
1975 Two Works: (i) SBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBMSBMSBMSBCMSBCMSBCMSBCMSBCMSBCMSBCMSBCM (ii) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA$10.3kSign up
1977 1977Result not published
1978 Venus Rim$146kSign up
1978 2-Part Copper MongoUnsold
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1978 Sixth Steel Corner$605kSign up
c. 1979 Collection of postcards, eleven$1.7kSign up
1979 Collection of postcards, nine$756Sign up
1980s 14 works
- Sold
- 13 of 14
- Median
- $66.2kSign up
- Average
- $80.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 6 in (15 × 15 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (8), Sculpture (4), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1980 7 Copper Weather Row$93.8kSign up
1980 Manet Post and Threshold$66.2kSign up
c. 1983 Collection of postcard and photos$504Sign up
1984 2 (17 Al).$102kSign up
c. 1986 Collection of postcards, forty-four$1.3kSign up
1988 Fault$63kSign up
1988 48 Bar Rectangular Fugue on 4 Ancient Metals$366kSign up
1988 51 White Row$125kSign up
1988 Belgicube IUnsold
1988 Belgicube II$97.5kSign up
1988 Socratic Love$7.2kSign up
1989 Still Blue Wall$118kSign up
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1990s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $22.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 3.5 × 5.5 in (9 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (5), Drawing (2), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1990 Collection of seventeen postcards$1.3kSign up
c. 1990 Collection of eighteen postcards$1.1kSign up
1991 Postcard$441Sign up
1991 Photograph with letter$315Sign up
1991 Postcard$983Sign up
1994 EVALE$119kSign up
1995 Poem$11.9kSign up
1999 Magnesium-Steel Couplet$43.8kSign up
2000s 9 works
- Sold
- 8 of 9
- Median
- $72.5kSign up
- Average
- $86.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 0.5 × 7.5 in (1 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (8), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
2000 21 Algon$139kSign up
2001 Cube on Block$46.3kSign up
2002 Foot CandleUnsold
2003 Fourth CU Prime, Glarus$26.1kSign up
2005 6 CuAl LINE$122kSign up
2006 Steel Parallels$176kSign up
2006 Aluminum Σ 21$92.5kSign up
2007 4 Ace Zinc Square$52.5kSign up
2008 Al 4 Blocks$40kSign up
2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $33kSign up
- Average
- $33kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 8 in (20 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (1), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
2011 29 Alnico PoleUnsold
2014 4 Unit Tool Steel Hollow Square$33kSign up
Creation date not recorded
1 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 2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $852Sign up
- Average
- $852Sign up
- Typical size
- 3.5 × 6.5 in (9 × 17 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2023 Collection of mail ephemera, six$852Sign 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 Carl Andre auction results →